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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Allen Weisselberg, a longtime senior executive at former U.S. President Donald Trump’s family business, took the stand on Tuesday as the prosecution’s star witness at the Trump Organization’s tax fraud trial in New York state court. The Trump Organization was charged by the Manhattan district attorney’s office in 2021 with unlawfully …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senator Rick Scott will challenge current U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell for leadership of Senate Republicans in an election on Wednesday, he said on Tuesday. Republicans are expecting to hold a vote to pick their party leader on Wednesday morning. McConnell, who has served in the role since he became the Republican …

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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans at a congressional hearing on Tuesday chastised U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and called for his resignation over a record number of migrants arrested trying to cross the border illegally, a preview of how the party could approach control of the House of Representatives. Mayorkas defended his …

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By Gabriella Borter and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A Georgia law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy cannot be enforced, a state judge ruled on Tuesday, handing a victory to Planned Parenthood and other abortion rights groups that challenged the restriction when it took effect this summer. Judge Robert McBurney of the Superior Court of …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. health regulator on Tuesday issued an emergency use authorization to Roche’s test for the detection of DNA from monkeypox virus in swab specimens collected from people suspected of the virus infection. The tests will be conducted on the Swiss company’s cobas systems, which can also detect HIV, hepatitis B and C viruses. …

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By Danielle Broadway (Reuters) -Pop icon Beyonce on Tuesday received the most 2023 Grammy nominations with nine in total, putting her into a tie with her husband, rapper Jay-Z, as the most nominated artists of all time. Beyonce and Jay-Z both have 88 nominations in total for the peer-voted music awards. Jay-Z received five 2023 …

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(Reuters) – The U.S. health regulator said on Tuesday it would review guidance and rules about manufacturing infant formula as part of its strategy to prevent bacterial illness similar to Abbott Laboratories’ products this year. The Food and Drug Administration will also consider whether to establish a dedicated group of investigators and realign staff across …

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By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court in Atlanta has set Nov. 22 arguments in the Justice Department’s challenge to a judge’s appointment of an independent arbiter to vet records seized by the FBI from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate in a process that could wall some of them off from a criminal …

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By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – Hormel Foods’ labeling of a meat product line as “natural” despite using the same hogs and production methods as its other brands shows the U.S. meat labeling system needs reforms, said consumer advocates and documents released on Tuesday from a lawsuit the company is close to settling. The false advertising …

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