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Biden, unions, rail executives struggle for deal as shutdown looms

15 Sep 2022

By David Shepardson and Lisa Baertlein DETROIT/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Biden administration officials hosted labor contract talks late on Wednesday to avert a potential rail shutdown that could disrupt cargo shipments and impede food and fuel supplies, but one small union rejected a deal and Amtrak canceled all long-distance passenger trips. Railroads including Union Pacific, Berkshire …

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U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak canceling all long-distance trains for now

15 Sep 2022

By David Shepardson DETROIT (Reuters) -U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak said it will temporarily cancel all of its long-distance trains starting on Thursday – along with some state-supported trains – because of a potential freight rail work stoppage that could start the following day. Amtrak workers are not involved in the labor dispute, but the railroad …

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Feds raided ex-Trump Justice official in conspiracy, obstruction probe, filing say

15 Sep 2022

By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) – Former Trump administration lawyer Jeffrey Bossert Clark told Washington, D.C., legal regulators that a federal raid of his home in June was tied to a U.S. Justice Department investigation for conspiracy, false statements and obstruction of justice, according to a filing released on Wednesday. The filing, made by a District …

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Exclusive-Biden urges Mexico to take migrants under COVID expulsion order he promised to end

15 Sep 2022

By Ted Hesson, Dave Graham and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -As border crossings have soared to record highs, U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is quietly pressing Mexico to accept more migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela under a COVID-19 expulsion order that the White House has publicly sought to end, seven U.S. and three …

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Boston authorities probe whether package explosion was staged, source says

14 Sep 2022

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -Federal investigators are probing whether the employee who reported a package explosion this week at Boston’s Northeastern University might have staged the incident, a law enforcement official told Reuters on Wednesday. Boston police said on Tuesday that a package delivered to the urban campus had exploded while being handled by …

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U.S. Supreme Court requires Yeshiva University to allow LGBT student club

14 Sep 2022

(Reuters) – Yeshiva University cannot bar a LGBT student club after the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to block a judge’s ruling ordering the Jewish school in New York City to officially recognize the group. The justices, in a 5-4 decision, declined to put on hold a state court ruling that a city anti-discrimination …

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New Hampshire Republicans pick far-right candidate to challenge U.S. Senator Hassan

14 Sep 2022

By Andy Sullivan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -New Hampshire Republicans chose far-right candidate Don Bolduc to take on Democratic U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan in November’s election, Edison Research projected on Wednesday, potentially complicating Republican chances of winning a Senate majority. Bolduc, a retired U.S. Army brigadier general, has echoed Donald Trump’s false claims about …

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Moderates fleeing U.S. House, setting stage for more Washington gridlock

14 Sep 2022

By Joseph Ax and Jason Lange (Reuters) – Moderate members of the U.S. House of Representatives are leaving office at twice the rate of their more partisan peers this year, a Reuters analysis found, likely deepening Washington gridlock during President Joe Biden’s next two years in office. The number of incumbent House members retiring or …

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U.S. Supreme Court risks its legitimacy by looking political, Justice Kagan says

14 Sep 2022

By Nate Raymond and Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s legitimacy could be imperiled if Americans come to view its members as trying to impose personal preferences on society, liberal Justice Elena Kagan said on Wednesday in the wake of rulings powered by her conservative colleagues curtailing abortion access and widening gun rights. …

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Mother of 3 children who drowned at Brooklyn’s Coney Island charged with murder

14 Sep 2022

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – The mother of three children who drowned this week at Brooklyn’s Coney Island was arrested and charged with murder in their deaths, the New York City Police Department said on Wednesday. Two small girls and a boy died after they were found unconscious early Monday morning near the water’s edge …

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