By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – New abortion bans are taking effect in four U.S. states this week, adding to the raft of restrictions states have enforced since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the nationwide right to abortion in June. Here is the latest on abortion access in the United States: NEW BANS Bans on abortion …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to New York Sept. 18-20 to participate in a session of the United Nations General Assembly, the White House said on Thursday. (Reporting by Rami Ayyub; Editing by Leslie Adler)
By Richard Cowan and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s move to waive college loan payments for millions of Americans drew criticism from some of his fellow Democrats, especially members of Congress facing the toughest re-election contests on Nov. 8. The White House may have thought the plan would provide a nice …
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By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two Florida residents pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges stemming from the theft and sale to conservative activist group Project Veritas of a diary that court papers have shown belonged to U.S. President Joe Biden’s daughter Ashley. Aimee Harris, 40, and Robert Kurlander, 58, entered …
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By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Spanking is staging a comeback this school year in the classrooms of one small town in southwestern Missouri, where the district will now allow corporal punishment for any unruly student whose parents give their blessing. In Cassville, about 50 miles west of Branson, administrators this week notified parents of the …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge in Florida on Thursday ordered the U.S. Justice Department to make public a redacted version of an affidavit underpinning the Aug. 8 FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home, possibly providing fresh insights on the investigation and evidence earlier obtained by the government. U.S. …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department approved the potential sale of military helicopters and related equipment to Australia for an estimated cost of $1.95 billion, the Pentagon said, as Australia seeks to boost its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region. Australia had requested to buy 40 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge in Florida on Thursday ordered the U.S. Justice Department to file a redacted version of its affidavit in support of the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s home to be released to the public by Friday at noon. (Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch; editing …
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(Reuters) – Two women who accused the American former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman of sexually abusing them in the 1970s have filed lawsuits in a Los Angeles court. Foreman, 73, has denied the allegations since they first became public last month and spokespeople referred questions about the lawsuits to his earlier statement. The women …
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By Peter Henderson (Reuters) – The U.S. government will spend more than $500 billion on climate technology and clean energy over the next decade under three recently enacted laws, an analysis by non-profit RMI found. The tally is based on this month’s Inflation Reduction and CHIPS acts and last year’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. …
