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By Humeyra Pamuk and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has picked veteran diplomat Mark Lambert as its top China policy official, five sources familiar with the matter said, bringing in new leadership for a part of the department that has faced staffing problems and criticism over its handling of China-focused initiatives. Lambert …

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By Dave Sherwood , Brendan O’Brien and Rich McKay GUANIMAR, Cuba (Reuters) -Tropical Storm Idalia lashed western Cuba and was expected to strengthen into a major hurricane on Monday as it crawled toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, where officials ordered evacuations and urged residents to prepare for an expected Wednesday landfall. Idalia was churning about 80 …

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By Julia Harte (Reuters) -A campus police officer chased a white gunman off Florida’s first historically Black university a few minutes before the shooter killed three Black people at a discount store, the school’s president said Monday, two days after the attack. The gunman, Ryan Christopher Palmeter, 21, parked his car on the Edward Waters …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump will stand trial in March 2024 for trying to overturn his 2020 presidential election defeat, one day before Republican voters in more than a dozen U.S. states will decide whether to give him a chance to recapture the White House. U.S. Judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday …

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By Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and top White House officials railed against white supremacy on Monday, asking Americans to unite against hatred in the wake of what authorities describe as a racially-motivated killing of three Black people in Florida over the weekend. “Hate will not prevail in America,” Biden …

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By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden visited a Washington, D.C., public middle school on Monday, seeking to highlight his government’s efforts to combat cratering U.S. student performance since the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden, who returned on Saturday from a week-long vacation, marked the return to school for many students with his …

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