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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. state of North Carolina will not charge former Republican President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows with voter fraud, the state’s Justice Department said on Friday. In April, North Carolina removed Meadows from the voter roll after state authorities said they were investigating his voter registration. …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Defense Department said on Friday it had awarded a $7.8 billion contract modification for F-35 aircraft to Lockheed Martin Corp. “This modification adds scope to procure 127 F-35 Lot 16 aircraft,” the Pentagon said in a statement. The additional contract announced Friday takes the total deal between the company and the …

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By Nichola Groom and Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) -The U.S. government on Friday received just a single bid, from Hilcorp Alaska, for oil and gas drilling rights off the coast of Alaska the first federal auction in the region in more than five years. The offer of nearly 1 million acres in the Cook Inlet was …

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(Reuters) – A Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives committee on Friday released former President Donald Trump’s tax returns from 2015 through 2020. Below are highlights from his personal tax returns. 2015 Wages $14,141 Taxable interest $9,393,096 Dividends $1,729,897 Business income -$599,030 Rental real estate, -$7,882,011 partnerships, etc. Taxable income $0 Net tax $641,931(Congressional tax panel …

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By Raghav Mahobe and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) -Over 40% of COVID-19 cases in the United States are now caused by the highly contagious Omicron XBB.1.5, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on Friday, with the subvariant doubling from the previous week. Although many public health experts are expressing concern about …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday pardoned six people who have already served time for crimes, including five convicted of drug or alcohol-related offenses and a woman who killed her allegedly abusive husband nearly five decades ago. The latest pardons showed Biden nudging U.S. criminal justice policy away from the …

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By Mica Rosenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) – Immigration arrests nearly doubled in 2022 compared to 2021 as border authorities apprehended more migrants and courts blocked efforts by U.S. President Joe Biden to more narrowly target detentions to focus on serious criminals. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested nearly 143,000 immigrants in the 2022 fiscal …

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By Dan Fastenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) – The first licensed marijuana store in New York opened on Thursday, more than a year after the state legalized the drug and during delays in setting up the legal market to benefit people previously arrested for marijuana crimes. The dispensary was opened in New York City’s East Village …

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