By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s rivals need to take him on more forcefully at next week’s Republican presidential debate if they have any hope of cutting into the runaway front-runner’s massive lead in opinion polls, one of the debate moderators said on Tuesday. “They’re not going to be able to put …
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By Nate Raymond and Phil Stewart (Reuters) -The group that successfully challenged race-conscious collegiate student admissions policies at the U.S. Supreme Court sued the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Tuesday, saying the Army school’s affirmative action practices unconstitutionally discriminate against white applicants. The Virginia-based Students for Fair Admissions, founded by affirmative action opponent …
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(This Sept. 8 story has been refiled to add clearer shutdown figures in paragraph 4) (Reuters) – Large swaths of the U.S. government could temporarily close on Oct. 1 if Congress does not approve spending bills due to a dispute between far-right Republicans and other lawmakers. Here are some facts about U.S. government shutdowns: WHY …
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted 393-27 on Tuesday to send its version of a sweeping bill setting policy for the Pentagon to conference with the Senate, paving the way for negotiations to narrow the deep divide between the two chambers over issues like abortion access and diversity initiatives. …
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(Reuters) – Former U.S. Congressman Stephen Buyer was sentenced to 22 months in prison on Tuesday for trading on inside information he learned in 2018 as a consultant to T-Mobile US Inc ahead of its $23 billion merger with Sprint. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in New York sentenced Buyer, who was found guilty on …
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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives is set to hold its first committee hearing on Sept. 28 on its long-shot impeachment inquiry against Democratic President Joe Biden launched by Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week. The House Oversight Committee, led by Republican Representative James Comer, said it will explore constitutional …
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By David Shepardson and Tim Reid (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump plans to give a speech in Detroit on Sept. 27 to a crowd of union workers, skipping the second Republican presidential debate, an aide said on Monday, and instead inserting himself into a dispute between striking workers and America’s leading automakers. The prime …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy plunged forward on Monday into the biggest challenge of his eight months as the top Republican in Congress, as he tries to avoid a government shutdown in less than two weeks without losing his speakership. The Republican-controlled House and the Democratic-led Senate have …
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By David Shepardson (Reuters) – Norfolk Southern said on Monday it launched an interim program to compensate homeowners around East Palestine, Ohio who have had to sell their properties at a reduced value following a Feb. 3 train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals. The program applies to parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania near the derailment …
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By Steve Holland NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden, who is raising cash for his re-election campaign while visiting New York for meetings with world leaders, acknowledged concerns about his age on Monday but said he was running because democracy was still at stake. “A lot of people seem focused on my age. …
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