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Americans celebrate Thanksgiving under shadow of two more mass shootings

25 Nov 2022 25 Nov 2022

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -The United States marked the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday with traditional feasts, parades and American football, taking a moment to celebrate in a week shadowed by gun violence. The official holiday dates to the Civil War, when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a day to give …

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Biden says his administration is engaged in talks to avert railroad strike

24 Nov 2022 24 Nov 2022

By Nandita Bose NANTUCKET, Mass. (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Thursday that his administration was involved in negotiations to avert a looming U.S. railroad strike that could shut down supply chains across the country but added that he has not directly engaged on the matter yet. Speaking to reporters outside a fire station on …

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Alaska’s Murkowski, Peltola win reelection in latest Trump rebuke

24 Nov 2022 24 Nov 2022

By Moira Warburton and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski and Democratic Representative Mary Peltola of Alaska both won reelection against opponents backed by Donald Trump on Wednesday, the latest high-profile defeats of candidates supported by the former president. Peltola and Murkowski came out on top after Alaska officials finished tabulating all ballots …

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Democrat Peltola re-elected to U.S. House in Alaska

24 Nov 2022 24 Nov 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Mary Peltola of Alaska, a Democrat first elected in August, was reelected to a full two-year term on Wednesday, beating two Republicans, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and businessman Nick Begich. Peltola came out on top after Alaska finished tabulating all ballots in a publicly broadcast session using its new …

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Georgia Supreme Court allows early voting in U.S. Senate runoff on Saturday

24 Nov 2022 24 Nov 2022

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Georgia Supreme Court allowed counties to hold early voting this Saturday in the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker, denying a bid by state Republicans to block the early voting. The one-sentence unanimous ruling on Wednesday by the court upheld …

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Teen and senior citizen among victims of Walmart Virginia shooting

24 Nov 2022 24 Nov 2022

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Authorities on Wednesday identified the people killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart store in Chesapeake, Virginia, ranging in age from a 16-year-old boy to a 70-year-old man. A manager at the store opened fire on fellow employees in a break room, killing six people before turning the gun …

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Workers to decide whether to unionize Ohio GM-LG battery joint venture

24 Nov 2022 24 Nov 2022

By David Shepardson (Reuters) – Workers next month will decide whether to unionize at a General Motors-LG Energy battery cell manufacturing joint venture in Ohio, a U.S. government agency said. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said workers at Ultium Cells LLC in Warren, Ohio, will vote Dec. 7-8 after the United Auto Workers (UAW) …

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Judge blocks New York limits on carrying guns on private property

24 Nov 2022 24 Nov 2022

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal judge has blocked New York from restricting the carrying of guns on private property under a Democratic-backed law adopted following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling that struck down the state’s strict gun permitting regime. Tuesday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge John Sinatra in Buffalo struck down a …

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White House weighing plan to boost emergency home heating oil supply -sources

24 Nov 2022 24 Nov 2022

By Jarrett Renshaw and Timothy Gardner (Reuters) -The White House is weighing a plan to increase inventories in the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, fighting a supply crunch that could drive up prices and punish inflation-fatigued consumers, according to three sources familiar with the discussions. The plan could involve directing revenue from future crude oil …

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Democrats weigh options after Supreme Court decision on Trump taxes

23 Nov 2022 24 Nov 2022

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. congressional Democrats on Wednesday grappled with the daunting task of reviewing six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns as Republicans prepared to take control of the House of Representatives in less than six weeks. Members of the Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee said they hope …

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