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By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Twitter crashed repeatedly on Wednesday during a highly anticipated live audio chat between Elon Musk, Twitter’s owner, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, hampering the politician’s announcement he is running for the Republican presidential nomination. Since Musk took over the social media platform in October, he has laid off thousands of employees …

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(Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been embroiled in a bitter tussle with Walt Disney Co that began last year when the media company criticized a state bill on sexual identity and has spread to oversight of municipal services at its parks. DeSantis will announce his presidential run on Wednesday during a Twitter Spaces …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase & Co may move forward with its lawsuit seeking to hold former executive Jes Staley liable for concealing what he knew about the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, a U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan means Staley, who is …

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By Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Jabari Wamble, U.S. President Joe Biden’s pick for a federal judgeship in Kansas, asked on Tuesday to have his nomination withdrawn from consideration in the Senate, a letter obtained by Reuters showed. He became the second Biden judicial nominee to drop out in as many weeks. Michael Delaney, a former …

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(Reuters) – Lawyers for Donald Trump on Tuesday asked to meet U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland over the work of a special counsel who is handling two investigations into the former president. “No President of the United States has ever, in the history of our country, been baselessly investigated in such an outrageous and unlawful …

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By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said on Tuesday that the court is considering steps to “adhere to the highest standards of conduct,” after reports of a conservative justice’s travel and real estate deals prompted congressional scrutiny. Roberts, speaking at an event hosted by the American Law Institute, said …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. needs to invest more in aviation safety technology solutions after a series of close-call runway incidents this year, the head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday. The NTSB is investigating six runway incursion events since January including some that could have been catastrophic. Technology …

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