By Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election team and his party said on Sunday that they raised $71 million during the latest quarter, as the Democrat’s age and low approval ratings remained a concern for many donors. The money raised is similar to the $72 million Biden and …
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By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the flames of war burn in the Middle East and Ukraine, the U.S. Congress is immobilized by a brawl among Republicans, a dysfunction that even some in Donald Trump’s party worry is giving comfort to the nation’s adversaries. The House of Representatives has drifted leaderless …
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By Joseph Ax and Gabriella Borter NEW YORK (Reuters) – (This Oct. 12 story has been corrected to say that the University of Arizona president called the national Students for Justice in Palestine statement ‘antithetical’ to school values, not the local chapter gathering, in paragraph 16) At Columbia University on Thursday, two groups of hundreds …
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RIYADH (Reuters) – Twenty-nine citizens of the United States have perished in Hamas attacks in Israel, a U.S. State Department spokesperson confirmed on Saturday. Previously 27 had been confirmed dead amid the violence. The spokesperson said that the U.S. was aware of 15 citizens and one lawful permanent resident who were unaccounted for, and was …
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By Moira Warburton, David Morgan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Representative Jim Jordan won the Republican nomination to lead the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, but the hardline conservative appeared to be well short of the support he would need to seize the speaker’s gavel. Successive closed-door votes left Jordan with the backing of …
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By Andrew Hay TIERRA AMARILLA, New Mexico (Reuters) -A New Mexico judge on Friday found probable cause to try a counter protester for attempted murder for shooting a Native American activist at a protest over plans to reinstall the statue of a 16th century Spanish colonial ruler. Ryan Martinez, 23, of Sandia Park, New Mexico, …
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By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones in Houston, who oversees more major Chapter 11 cases than any other U.S. judge, said on Friday he is facing an ethics review over a previously undisclosed romantic relationship and is stepping down from handling large cases. Jones said over the weekend he has …
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(Reuters) – Taylor Swift, the cultural juggernaut known for shattering records, said on Wednesday that the documentary film from her billion-dollar Eras concert tour will offer one-day early-access showings in the U.S. and Canada. “Look what you genuinely made me do,” the “Anti-Hero” singer wrote on the social media platform X. “Due to unprecedented demand …
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By Joseph Ax and Julia Harte NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. law enforcement agencies stepped up security measures on Friday to safeguard Jewish and Muslim communities amid global protests over Israeli-Arab bloodshed in the Middle East, as thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators took to the streets in New York City. Throngs of protesters assembled near Times Square …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Jim Jordan, who won the Republican nomination to lead the House of Representatives on Friday, has voted against most aid to Ukraine as it fights a Russian invasion and told reporters he would object to further aid if he became speaker. The House has been without a …
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