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By Sarah N. Lynch and Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON, (Reuters) -Donald Trump said his attorneys met on Thursday with U.S. Justice Department officials investigating the Republican former president’s attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat, in a sign that another set of criminal charges could come soon. An official at the federal court in Washington, where …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – The top prosecutor on a U.S. government task force targeting Russian oligarchs’ assets as a means to pressure Moscow into ending its war in Ukraine said on Thursday he is leaving the Department of Justice. Andrew Adams, who has led the “KleptoCapture” task force since its inception in …

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By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has opened an investigation into whether the Memphis Police Department has an unconstitutional “pattern or practice” of using excessive force and racial discrimination, department officials announced on Thursday. Earlier this year, the Justice Department agreed to join city officials and other agencies …

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By Brendan O’Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) -An intensifying heat wave descended on the eastern United States on Thursday, prompting warnings about the dangers presented by the sweltering heat and humidity in the final days of a record-smashing July around the world. Some 180 million Americans – about half the population of the United States – are …

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By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – First Solar Inc on Thursday announced plans to spend up to $1.1 billion on what will be its fifth U.S. factory to meet booming demand for American-made solar panels. It is the second time in the past year that the top U.S. panel maker has announced a major expansion of …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday that he and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer were committed to passing all spending bills by the Sept. 30 deadline. Lawmakers have until the current fiscal year expires on Sept. 30 to fund the government or risk a partial government shutdown. (Reporting …

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Roche said it had abandoned certain drug development projects or acquisitions under consideration because of planned price cuts in best-selling prescription medicines in the United States. Speaking in a media call after the release of first-half results, CEO Thomas Schinecker said the Swiss group was not taking the lead on any legal action …

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By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) -The factory that fills the self-injection pens for booming weight-loss drug Wegovy has repeatedly breached U.S. sterile-safety rules in recent years and staff have failed to perform required quality checks, a Reuters review of regulatory documents shows. The breaches at Catalent, the Wegovy pen filler, were found by inspectors from …

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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers from both parties are pushing legislation that would limit who can own American farmland, with a latest effort from Democratic Senator Cory Booker aimed at curbing corporate ownership. Farm groups and lawmakers are concerned that land buys by investors and foreign countries are driving up farmland prices …

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(Reuters) – PJM Interconnection, the biggest U.S. electric grid operator, issued a level one emergency alert for Thursday as people crank up air conditioners to stave off the heat wave. The operator issued an Energy Emergency Alert Level 1 late on Wednesday for July 27, signaling that it had available resources to meet firm load …

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