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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday urged the Department of Justice to open criminal and civil investigations into Florida’s transportation of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard and Sacramento in recent months. “It is unconscionable to use people as political props by persuading them to travel to another state based on …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two freelance photographers have sued Wisconsin’s Kenosha County, alleging their civil rights were violated by law enforcement when they were shot with rubber bullets in a 2020 anti-racism protest after the police shooting of a Black man. Alyssa Schukar and Scott Olson had been assigned to cover those protests in …

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By Rachel Nostrant (Reuters) – Nearly half of U.S. tap water samples contain toxic “forever chemicals,” substances used in hundreds of household items from cleaning supplies to pizza boxes to which broad exposure can carry serious health risks, according to a new study. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study tested tap water samples from more …

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By Rachel Nostrant (Reuters) – Florida will no longer accept driver’s licenses issued by some other U.S. states to immigrants living in the country illegally under a law signed by Governor Ron DeSantis as he seeks the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The Florida law, which took effect on July 1, is “the strongest anti-illegal immigration …

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By James Oliphant and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis raised $20 million in the second quarter of the year, his campaign said on Thursday, a sign that the Florida governor’s challenge to former President Donald Trump remains viable despite recent struggles. By comparison, Trump’s main fundraising committee took in about …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration advanced a key $6.88 billion grant to help build a long-delayed new railway tunnel between New York City and New Jersey, which would be the largest ever federal transportation grant for a single project. The $17.2 billion Hudson Tunnel Project will repair an existing tunnel and build …

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By Jack Queen MIAMI (Reuters) – Donald Trump aide Walt Nauta pleaded not guilty at a Miami federal courthouse on Thursday to charges he helped the former U.S. president hide top secret documents that Trump took when he left the White House in 2021. Attorney Stanley Woodward entered the plea for Nauta at an arraignment …

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(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday is expected to propose a new regulation cracking down on short-term health insurance plans, Politico reported, citing five Democrats with knowledge of the matter. Biden is due to deliver an announcement on healthcare cost savings on Friday. A White House official told Politico on Thursday that Biden …

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