By Jack Queen ATLANTA (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s onetime White House chief of staff Mark Meadows testified on Monday that he was doing his job when he helped Trump try to reverse his 2020 election loss, as the former aide sought to have his criminal case moved to potentially more favorable terrain in federal court. Meadows …
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(Reuters) -Hawaiian Electric’s shares jumped more than 40% on Monday after the electric utility said it was not responsible for the recent wildfires in Maui and that power lines had been shut for hours prior to the deadly blaze that devastated the island. Maui County sued Hawaiian Electric last week, accusing the utility of negligently …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump said on Monday he would appeal the scheduling of a March 2024 trial over his alleged efforts to subvert his 2020 election defeat, though legal experts said such a move was not possible before a verdict is reached in the case. “I will APPEAL,” Trump said in a post on …
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By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – A barrage of state and federal criminal charges leveled against your main political rival should be good news for any democratic leader facing reelection, but Donald Trump’s legal woes present U.S. President Joe Biden with a unique challenge in the months ahead, political strategists say. Biden has so far remained …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has canceled a hearing on a $10 billion lawsuit filed by Mexico seeking to hold U.S. gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating arms trafficking to drug cartels, Mexico’s foreign ministry said on Saturday. The ministry, which has been urging a U.S. appeals court to revive the case, said that …
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By Sarah N. Lynch and Maria Caspani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The white gunman who shot and killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday was a 21-year-old who bought his guns legally and had no criminal history, local law enforcement said on Sunday. The shooter, Ryan Christopher Palmeter, lived with …
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(Reuters) -Tropical Storm Idalia could strengthen into a hurricane on Monday, bringing high winds and storm surges to Cuba and Florida later this week. The storm has sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph) and could reach Category 2 strength with sustained winds of 96 to 110 mph when it is forecast to make landfall …
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By Jasper Ward and Patricia Zengerle (Reuters) – A white man armed with a high-powered rifle and a handgun killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday, before shooting himself, in what local law enforcement described as a racially motivated crime. “This shooting was racially motivated, and he hated …
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By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Texas’ electric grid operator asked residents and businesses to conserve energy on Sunday as its reserves were expected to decrease during a scorching heat wave that has caused demand to surge. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued an appeal for conservation from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. …
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(Reuters) – Hurricane Franklin is forecast to become a major hurricane by late on Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Saturday. The hurricane is located about 615 miles (990 km) south of Bermuda, packing maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph), the Miami-based forecaster said in an advisory. A turn north-northwest …
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