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By Erwin Seba LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris received frequent applause during an address at the United Steelworkers convention on Wednesday, promoting the administration’s infrastructure investment and promising support for labor unions. The 3,500 union members and retirees at this year’s convention were less politically divided, unlike in the past, where supporters …

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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A Wyoming judge on Wednesday blocked the state’s near-total ban on abortion from taking effect while doctors, a clinic operator and others sue to invalidate the law. Judge Melissa Owens of the District Court of Teton County said the lawsuit raised important questions about the ban, which has only narrow …

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By David Shepardson (Reuters) – New York City could introduce a traffic congestion charge of up to $23 a day late next year, which a study released on Wednesday projected would reduce the number of cars entering Manhattan by 15% to 20%. The city wants to charge a daily variable toll for vehicles entering or …

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By Pete Schroeder and Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican lawmakers are preparing a crackdown on the U.S. consumer and securities watchdogs in the expectation they will gain control of a key congressional committee following the November mid-term elections, according to a dozen financial lobbyists, congressional staffers and lawmakers. With an 80% chance of …

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(Reuters) – Voters in states including Wisconsin and Minnesota picked candidates for the U.S. Congress and other offices in primaries on Tuesday, in another test of former President Donald Trump’s influence in the Republican Party ahead of the Nov. 8 midterms. Vermont and Connecticut also held nomination contests, while Minnesota held a special election for …

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By Timothy Gardner SHEBOYGAN, Wisc. (Reuters) – Travel brochures in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, tout the town’s beaches on Lake Michigan as the Malibu of the Midwest. But pages of glossy photos leave out a feature of the landscape: a coal-fired power plant on the shore that will remain open until mid 2025 instead of closing this …

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