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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. officials on Monday said there will be “tougher consequences” for migrants illegally crossing the southern border as U.S. President Joe Biden transitions away from COVID-19 restrictions known as Title 42 that allowed agents to quickly expel many migrants to Mexico over the past three years. The number of people …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former associate of Rudy Giuliani is suing him for sexual assault, accusing Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer of hiring her to fulfill his desire for a sexual relationship. In a civil complaint filed on Monday and seeking at least $10 million, Noelle Dunphy said Giuliani began abusing her …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI lacked “actual evidence” to investigate Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and relied too heavily on tips provided by Trump’s political opponents to fuel the probe, U.S. Special Counsel John Durham concluded in a report released on Monday. The report marks the end of a four-year probe launched …

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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A man wielding a baseball bat attacked two staff members in Democratic U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly’s district office in northern Virginia on Monday, Connolly and police said. The staff were transferred to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Connolly said. The suspect, who arrived at Connolly’s office asking for the …

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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Monday released financial disclosure reports for President Joe Biden showing the president’s personal finances in 2022 changed little from the prior year, even though his book royalties fell. Biden earned between $2,500 and $5,000 in book royalties in 2022, down sharply from $30,000 a year earlier. …

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By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Monday banning tax dollars from being used in state colleges for diversity, equity and inclusion programs (DEI) in a sweeping measure that also places restrictions on classroom discussion of race. While DEI programs are meant to assist in building racial, social and …

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