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US state, local governments budgeted $173 billion in COVID aid, Treasury says

14 Jul 2023 14 Jul 2023

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nearly half of the $350 billion in COVID-19 assistance to state, local, tribal and territorial governments was budgeted as of March 31 for uses from lost revenue replacement to housing, broadband and job training, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday. Data released by the department on the State and …

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Biden 2024 campaign says it has $77 million in the bank

14 Jul 2023 14 Jul 2023

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election team said on Friday that it and his Democratic Party raised $72 million during the first quarter since the campaign launched, lending firepower to his efforts to seek a second term. Biden, who launched his campaign on April 25, had $77 …

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Hollywood actors to strike at midnight, join writers on picket lines

14 Jul 2023 14 Jul 2023

By Lisa Richwine and Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hollywood actors will go on strike at midnight on Thursday after talks with studios broke down, joining film and television writers who have been on picket lines since May and deepening the disruption of scores of shows and movies. Studios now face their first dual work …

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Smuggler jailed for 15 years for California crash that killed 13 migrants

14 Jul 2023 14 Jul 2023

(Reuters) – A Mexican national who coordinated a human-smuggling operation that led to the deaths of 13 migrants in a 2021 highway crash near the Mexico-California border was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday by a U.S. federal judge. Jose Cruz Noguez, 49, a permanent U.S. resident from Mexicali, Mexico, received the sentence …

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US House backs ‘culture war’ amendments in threat to must-pass defense bill

14 Jul 2023 14 Jul 2023

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives added restrictions on abortion and transgender health services to its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Thursday, threatening the defense policy bill’s chances of becoming law. Voting largely along party lines, the House backed several measures pushed by the Republican party’s …

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Lisa Marie Presley died of small bowel obstruction – coroner

14 Jul 2023 14 Jul 2023

(Reuters) – Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of Elvis Presley, died of a small bowel obstruction as a delayed consequence of bariatric weight loss surgery, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner reported on Friday, six months after she died. Presley, a singer and songwriter in her own right, had been taken to hospital after …

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Texas power use breaks record for second day in heat wave

14 Jul 2023 14 Jul 2023

(Reuters) -Demand for power in Texas hit a record high for a second day in a row on Thursday as homes and business kept air conditioners cranked up during 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 the …

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Appeals court orders new congressional map for New York, Democrats could benefit

14 Jul 2023 14 Jul 2023

(Reuters) – A New York appeals court on Thursday ordered a redrawing of the state’s congressional map, handing a victory to Democrats hoping to retake control of the closely divided U.S. House of Representatives in the 2024 election. The 3-2 decision by Appellate Division in the state capital of Albany reversed a lower court ruling, …

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US Senator Manchin to oppose Julie Su’s nomination as labor secretary

14 Jul 2023 14 Jul 2023

By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin said on Thursday he would oppose the nomination of Julie Su as labor secretary, arguing her “progressive background” would prevent her from forging compromises between labor and industry representatives. Manchin said in a statement the labor secretary “should have the experience to …

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US lawmakers make bipartisan push for psychedelics research in defense bill

14 Jul 2023 14 Jul 2023

By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Thursday pushed to include a provision allowing medical research of psychedelic drugs as part of a sweeping annual defense policy bill, saying it could help treat post-traumatic stress disorder and other ailments despite possible concerns. “These are powerful substances, I don’t want …

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