By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis emerged from the first Republican presidential debate having retained his position as Donald Trump’s top rival, but the absence of a game-changing moment for him means other contenders now see more of a chance to dislodge him from his vulnerable No. 2 spot. The governor’s …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee said on Thursday he has requested a formal investigation of the decision to keep the headquarters of the U.S. military’s Space Command in Colorado rather than move it to Alabama. In a letter to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, Representative Mike Rogers, …
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By Hannah Lang, Lance Tupper (Reuters) -Shares in Better plummeted more than 95% on Thursday as investors snubbed the online mortgage lender, which went public via a blank-check company merger just as mortgage rates have hit two-decade highs. SoftBank-backed Better completed its combination with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Aurora Acquisition Corp on Thursday, a …
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By Liliana Salgado LAHAINA, Hawaii (Reuters) – There’s nothing left of what used to be her home. But Susie Richter still travels every morning to the burnt-out shell of her house in Lahaina, Hawaii, to feed her three cats, who survived the blaze that devastated Maui earlier this month. The first time she returned, she …
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By Lavanya Sushil Ahire (Reuters) – Three people were killed after a gunman opened fire late Wednesday at a bikers’ bar in California’s Orange County, and the shooter was killed by authorities, the local sheriff’s office said. Six other people were hospitalized, five of them with gunshot wounds, after the incident at the Cook’s Corner …
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(Reuters) -The evacuation order for people living on the outskirts of the U.S. city of Salem due to the threat from a wildfire was lifted on Thursday. “At approximately 7:15 PM, air crews were able to contain the fire,” authorities from the Salem Fire Department and Marion County Sheriff’s office said in a joint statement. …
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By Nathan Layne and Joseph Ax MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -Eight Republican presidential candidates traded barbs on Wednesday at their first debate of the 2024 election as they jockeyed for position behind the absent front-runner, Donald Trump, who derided the event in a pre-taped interview aimed at siphoning away viewers. The raucous two-hour debate offered a view …
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By Andrea Shalal and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump skipped the first Republican debate of the 2024 election on Wednesday, but the campaign of Democratic President Joe Biden was hard at work keeping the focus on the former White House occupant. Minutes before the eight Trump challengers began their debate, a Biden ad …
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By Josephine Walker MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -Here is a selection of quotes from the 2024 Republican presidential candidates at their first debate in Milwaukee on Wednesday. FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS “I am not going to send troops to Ukraine but I am going to send them to our southern border. When these drug pushers are bringing …
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By Jack Queen ATLANTA (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani surrendered on Wednesday at an Atlanta jail to face state charges arising from actions he was accused of taking to overturn the former U.S. president’s 2020 election loss. Giuliani, a former federal prosecutor and New York City mayor, was ordered to pay a …
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