By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The state of Texas bused a group of about 60 newly arrived migrants to Chicago on Wednesday, as Republican Governor Greg Abbott expands his effort to push responsibility for border crossers to his Democratic political opponents. Texas has bused more than 7,000 migrants to Washington, D.C., and New York …
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By Eric Cox and Carlos Barria JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged aid to Jackson, Mississippi, as the majority-Black state capital endured its third day without drinking water after a long-troubled water treatment plant failed. The promise from Washington came as frustrated people in Jackson waited in long lines amid sweltering …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Wednesday sought to downplay the federal government’s discovery of highly classified records inside his Florida estate, telling a judge that presidential records by their very nature are sensitive. The filing comes just one day before Trump’s legal team will square off against the …
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(Reuters) – Mary Peltola, a Democratic former state lawmaker and the first Native American woman to represent Alaska in Congress, won a special election to fill the state’s sole U.S. House seat, the Alaska Division of Elections announced on Wednesday. She will finish the remainder of the term of Republican Representative Don Young, who died …
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By Nathan Frandino (Reuters) – Rotting carcasses of striped bass, bat rays and other fish have been washing up on the shores of the San Francisco Bay Area in recent days, after a toxic algae bloom spread across the area. The toxic bloom began in July and has stretched as far north as San Pablo …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys on Wednesday downplayed the federal government’s concerns about the discovery of classified materials stored inside his Florida home, telling a federal judge in a new filing there was no “cause for alarm.” (Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch and Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Sandra Maler)
By Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized updated COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna that target the dominant BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants, as the government prepares for a broad fall vaccination campaign that could begin within days. The new vaccines also include the original …
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By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer Inc with German partner BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc retooled to target Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants as well as the original virus. They could start rolling out in the next few days following recommendations from …
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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -New Mexico’s governor on Wednesday earmarked $10 million in public funds for a reproductive healthcare clinic to meet an expected rise in demand for abortions from women traveling from neighboring states that have banned the procedure. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order for the clinic to be built in …
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By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is opposing a request by former President Donald Trump to appoint a “special master” to determine whether documents seized by federal agents from his Mar-a-Lago home on Aug. 8 contain materials that are covered by attorney-client privilege. Below is an explainer on attorney-client privilege, and how …
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