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By Jacqueline Thomsen and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Oath Keepers militant group members David Moerschel and Joseph Hackett were sentenced on Friday to prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by then-President Donald Trump’s supporters. Hackett, a Florida chiropractor and low-level Oath Keepers …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Childhood Leukemia Foundation (CLF) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday, asking a court to stop an investigation into whether it spent more than 90% of donations it receives on fundraising and payroll. In its complaint filed in federal court in New Jersey, the foundation asked …

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By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday it had dismissed 42 pending enforcement cases after discovering enforcement staff had improper access to materials meant for commission officials ruling on those cases. The decision comes after the SEC concluded a lengthy review of a matter first raised in April …

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(Reuters) – Fort Bragg, the U.S. Army base in North Carolina that is among the world’s largest military installations, was formally renamed Fort Liberty on Friday, part of a broader effort to rechristen bases named for Confederate officers. Last year, a commission created by Congress recommended new names for nine bases that honored Confederate officers, …

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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered the latest in a series of rulings undercutting organized labor, with some legal experts predicting that the decision will make unions that engage in strikes more vulnerable to lawsuits while others see a more modest impact. An 8-1 ruling on Thursday authored by …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Georgia-based probe into whether former Republican President Donald Trump and others illegally sought to overturn his loss in the state’s 2020 presidential election has expanded into activities outside of Georgia, the Washington Post reported on Friday. Fulton County’s prosecutor has broadened the two-year-long investigation to include Trump’s campaign “hiring two firms …

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