WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy likely created 462,000 more jobs in the 12 months through March than previously estimated, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Wednesday. The reading is a preliminary estimate of the BLS’ annual “benchmark” revision to the closely watched payrolls data. The private sector will likely account for …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. first lady Jill Biden has tested positive in a rebound case of COVID-19 but is not experiencing any symptoms, while President Joe Biden continues to test negative for the virus, officials said on Wednesday. Jill Biden tested positive on Wednesday by antigen testing, following a negative test the previous day, and the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will wear a mask for 10 days when indoors and near others after first lady Jill Biden tested positive on Wednesday in a rebound case of COVID-19, a White House Official said. The White House will also maintain President Biden’s increased cadence of testing and report those results, …
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(Reuters) – U.S. Representative Val Demings, a former police chief of Orlando, Florida, won the Democratic nomination to run for U.S. Senate in the state, Edison Research projected on Tuesday. She will face incumbent Republican Senator Marco Rubio, who is favored to win the Nov. 8 general election, though one recent poll showed Demings with …
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(Reuters) – U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler, a congressman of some 30 years, beat fellow longtime Democratic Representative Carolyn Maloney in a rare incumbent-vs-incumbent primary in New York, NBC News projected on Tuesday. The contest between two leading U.S. House of Representatives Democrats resulted from a court-mandated redrawing of districts in New York state. Nadler is …
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By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the conduct of three Arkansas law enforcement officers caught in an online video over the weekend punching and kicking a suspect while he was on the ground outside a convenience store. The department’s field office in Western Arkansas said …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Voters in New York and Florida picked candidates for the U.S. Congress and other offices in primaries and special elections on Tuesday that will help gauge the roles that abortion rights and inflation will play in the Nov. 8 midterms. Following are five key races: NEW YORK 19TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, SPECIAL ELECTION Democrats …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Pat Ryan won a special election for a New York State seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, a role he will fill through early January, Edison Research projected on Tuesday. Ryan beat Republican Marc Molinaro in the first competitive House contest since the U.S. Supreme Court in June eliminated the …
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(Reuters) – U.S. Representative Sean Patrick Maloney, the head of the Democratic caucus’s fundraising arm in the House of Representatives, has held off a progressive challenger for the party nomination in a New York congressional race, AP projected on Tuesday. Maloney beat Alessandra Biaggi, a left-leaning New York state senator endorsed by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, …
By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -A former Louisville detective pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to helping falsify a search warrant that led to the killing of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose death fueled a wave of protests over police violence against people of color. The former officer, Kelly Goodlett, entered her plea before …
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