By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – The New York City Police Department on Tuesday agreed to scale back its enforcement of street protests like those that erupted after the death of George Floyd in 2020, enacting a series of reforms including banning the tactic known as “kettling.” Kettling involves creating a cordon of police officers to …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday allowed the state of Georgia to resume enforcing a new Republican-backed ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender people under age 18, after a federal appeals court allowed a similar law in Alabama to go back into effect. U.S. District Judge Sarah Geraghty in Atlanta …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A former leader of the right-wing Proud Boys group, Enrique Tarrio, was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Tuesday for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the longest sentence so far in the case. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly imposed the sentence on …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission may file a lawsuit later this month against Amazon.com after the company did not offer concessions to settle antitrust claims, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The lawsuit will target the company’s logistics program, Fulfillment by Amazon, pricing on its website by third-party sellers …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Tuesday she does not expect any revisions to U.S. tariffs on China imposed during President Donald Trump’s administration until an ongoing review is completed by the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office. “I don’t think the (Biden) administration will make any changes until that …
(This Sept. 4 story has been corrected to say burning of man effigy was delayed by two days, not one day, in paragraphs 2 and 17) By Matt McKnight and Anna Tong BLACK ROCK CITY, Nevada (Reuters) – Burning Man organizers reopened the road leading out of the remote Nevada desert festival on Monday, allowing …
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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -The prosecution in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial on Tuesday urged state senators to convict the Republican on corruption-related charges and remove him for using the power of his office for his personal benefit, while his lawyer derided the case as “a lot of nothing.” Paxton’s lawyer sought to …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic and Republican leaders of the U.S. Senate expressed support for continued assistance for Ukraine on Tuesday, as lawmakers returned to Washington facing a tight deadline for passing spending bills. President Joe Biden last month asked Congress to approve about $40 billion in additional spending, including $24 billion …
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By David Morgan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell sidestepped questions about his health in his return to the Capitol on Tuesday, six days after freezing up for a second time while speaking in public. The 81-year-old lawmaker addressed the Senate hours after the doctor of Congress said in a …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Alabama’s Republican-backed congressional map illegally dilutes Black residents’ voting power and must be redrawn, a panel of three federal judges ruled on Tuesday, a decision that the state said it would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. That appeal plan escalated the stakes of a judicial decision that boosted Democratic chances …
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