By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman of the Federal Circuit sued the appeals court’s chief judge and others in Washington federal court on Wednesday, seeking to block their investigation into her fitness to hold office. Newman, who is 95, said in her complaint that the probe violated her constitutional rights, and …
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By Sriparna Roy and Nandhini Srinivasan (Reuters) -A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Wednesday voted in favor of allowing sales of Perrigo Co’s contraceptive drug without a prescription, paving the way for the country’s first over-the-counter birth control pill. The panel found the drug to be an effective OTC option with some …
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By Mike Blake and Ted Hesson SAN DIEGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thousands of migrants are crossing into the United States this week before a new regulation takes effect that could bar most who cross illegally from seeking asylum, while others gathered on the Mexico side amid confusion about U.S. policy. The U.S. rolled out a regulation on …
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By Tim Reid (Reuters) – Republican former President Donald Trump on Wednesday played down the severity of a potential U.S. government default, saying the consequences of a failure by Congress to raise the nation’s debt limit “could be maybe nothing.” Most economists warn that a failure to raise the debt ceiling by June 1, when …
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By Karen Freifeld and Sarah N. Lynch CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (Reuters) – U.S. Representative George Santos on Wednesday vowed to fight charges of fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds in the latest hit to the newly elected Republican, who has resisted calls to resign for lying about his resume. “It’s a witch …
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By Jason Lange, Gabriella Borter and Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Republican vulnerabilities on abortion policy are on display in Ohio, with the party playing defense against a surge in abortion rights activism that could help President Joe Biden and his Democratic Party in next year’s elections. The Republican-controlled legislature on Wednesday approved a measure intended to …
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By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday largely overturned the convictions of two wealthy fathers accused of participating in a vast college admissions fraud by conspiring to pay bribes so their children could attend top universities. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in …
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By Jack Queen (Reuters) – A jury in Manhattan decided on Tuesday that former U.S. President Donald Trump must pay $5 million in damages for sexually abusing magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defaming her by branding her a liar. Here is a rundown of what could come next: WILL TRUMP …
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By Nichola Groom (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Homeland Security this week raided a factory and sales office operated by one of the world’s largest solar panel makers, China’s Jinko Solar Holding Co Ltd, the agency said on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Homeland Security Investigations arm of DHS, Mike Meares, said search warrants were …
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By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -The man who shot eight people to death at a Dallas-area shopping mall over the weekend harbored neo-Nazi sympathies but appeared to have targeted his victims at random, without regard for race, age or sex, Texas law enforcement officials said on Tuesday. Authorities also disclosed new details about the gunman’s background. …
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