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By Richard Cowan and Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday scrapped a meeting with top congressional Democratic leaders to discuss government funding, raising the risk of a partial government shutdown beginning next week. Democrats and the Republican president postured to try to pin blame on each other for a potential …

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By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) -A man found lurking with a gun near Donald Trump’s Florida golf course last year was found guilty Tuesday of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said on social media. A jury found that Ryan Routh, 59, intended to kill Trump, then a former U.S. …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two Black men wrongly accused of the 1989 murder of a pregnant white woman in Boston have received a $150,000 settlement from the city in a high-profile case that had deepened rifts between the local police force and the Black community. BY THE NUMBERS Alan Swanson will get $50,000 and …

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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Edward Markey sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Tuesday saying he is concerned U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright is working in the interest of nuclear power company Oklo, of which he used to be a board member. Markey, a Democrat, noted that the administration is moving …

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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s approval ticked slightly lower in recent weeks as Americans worried about the health of the U.S. economy and the Republican’s ability to contain rising prices, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The three-day poll, which closed on Sunday, showed 41% of respondents approved of Trump’s performance as …

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(Corrects paragraph 6 to folinic acid from folic acid) By Jeff Mason, Ahmed Aboulenein and Julie Steenhuysen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday linked autism to childhood vaccine use and the taking of popular pain medication Tylenol by women when pregnant, elevating claims not backed by scientific evidence to the forefront of U.S. …

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NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Secret Service dismantled a network of sophisticated electronic devices in the New York area that had been used to threaten U.S. government officials, the agency said hours before President Donald Trump was due to address foreign leaders gathered at the U.N. General Assembly. The devices were concentrated within 35 miles …

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