By Nandita Bose TUSAYAN, Arizona (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden curbed land development on a stretch of nearly 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) near Arizona’s iconic Grand Canyon on Tuesday, a move intended to cement his environmental credentials in the electoral battleground state. Biden used the Antiquities Act to designate the area as the Baaj …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge in Manhattan said the British pop star Dua Lipa must face a lawsuit accusing her of copying her 2021 megahit “Levitating” from a 1979 disco song. U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla on Tuesday said songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer could try to …
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By Rachel Nostrant (Reuters) – The Mega Millions lottery jackpot grew to an estimated $1.55 billion on Tuesday after none of the millions of Americans who played the multistate lottery last week held the winning ticket in Friday’s drawing. If a lucky ticket is found during Tuesday’s drawing, the winner can choose between receiving the …
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By Gram Slattery, Alexandra Ulmer and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis replaced his campaign manager on Tuesday as the Florida governor tries to reboot his flagging bid to overtake front-runner Donald Trump in the race for his party’s 2024 nomination. Generra Peck, a longtime DeSantis aide who had served as …
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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a request by President Joe Biden’s administration to reinstate – at least for now – a federal regulation aimed at reining in privately made firearms called “ghost guns” that are difficult for law enforcement to trace. The justices put on hold a July 5 …
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By Tim Reid (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis replaced his campaign manager on Tuesday, as he tries to recalibrate his struggling White House bid. Here are some of the missteps made by the Florida governor and his campaign. UKRAINE WAR A “TERRITORIAL DISPUTE” In March, even before he had officially launched his campaign, …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. government offices in the Washington D.C. area closed early on Monday because of threatening weather as forecasters warned people across the eastern U.S. of possible tornadoes, damaging winds and large hailstones. Fast-moving thunderstorms and powerful winds toppled trees and knocked out power for nearly 200,000 homes and businesses in …
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By Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s lawyers urged a federal judge on Monday to reject a protective order sought by prosecutors ahead of the former U.S. president’s 2020 election trial, saying it would violate his free speech rights under the Constitution. Prosecutors, in asking for the protective order, argued that Trump could otherwise improperly …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Monday blocked the Biden administration from proceeding with another piece of its student debt relief agenda, a rule that would make it easier for people who are defrauded by their schools to have their loans forgiven. At the request of a group representing for-profit colleges, the …
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(Reuters) – Demand for power in Texas hit a record high on Monday for the eighth time this summer as homes and businesses kept air conditioners cranked up to escape a lingering heat wave. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which operates the grid for more than 26 million customers representing about 90% of …
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