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After unexpected hurdles, military toxic burn pits bill passes U.S. Senate

3 Aug 2022 3 Aug 2022

By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bill expanding healthcare coverage for veterans sickened by gases from military toxic burn pits passed the U.S. Senate on Tuesday night after unexpectedly getting held up by opposition from Republicans last week. The U.S. military used burn pits to dispose of waste on foreign bases until the mid-2010s. Fumes …

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Abortion ban in Idaho faces first U.S. legal challenge since Roe

3 Aug 2022 3 Aug 2022

By Sarah N. Lynch and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States sued Idaho on Tuesday to block a state law that it said imposes a “near-absolute ban” on abortion, marking its first legal challenge to state abortion laws since the Supreme Court in June overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. The …

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Trump-endorsed Masters wins Republican nomination for Arizona’s U.S. Senate race

3 Aug 2022 3 Aug 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Blake Masters, chief operating officer of Thiel Capital who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has won the Republican nomination in Arizona’s U.S. Senate race, the Associated Press said on Wednesday. Masters, whose campaign was largely funded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel, beat Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich and power company …

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Trump-backed candidate Finchem wins Republican nomination for Arizona secretary of state

3 Aug 2022 3 Aug 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mark Finchem, an Arizona state lawmaker who has embraced former President Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud, won the Republican nomination on Wednesday for secretary of state, the state’s top election post, Edison Research projected. Trump-backed Finchem, who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 rally that preceded the U.S. Capitol attack, …

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Incumbent Republican congressman Meijer concedes to Trump-endorsed Gibbs in Michigan primary

3 Aug 2022 3 Aug 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Peter Meijer conceded to Trump-endorsed primary challenger John Gibbs for the Republican Party’s nomination in a Michigan congressional district. “This was a hard-fought primary campaign, …. I also want to congratulate my opponent John Gibbs on his victory tonight,” Meijer said in a statement. Gibbs is a former official in …

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Florida clergy lawsuits say abortion ban violates religious freedom

2 Aug 2022 2 Aug 2022

By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) -Clergy members of five religions sued the state of Florida on Monday over a new law criminalizing most abortions in the state after 15 weeks of pregnancy, saying the ban violates their religious freedom rights. The five separate lawsuits https://tmsnrt.rs/3BBEdIr, filed in Miami-Dade County, claim the state’s ban curtails the clergy …

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White House competition adviser set to step down in coming months -source

2 Aug 2022 2 Aug 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House competition adviser Tim Wu plans to step down in the coming months and return to the academic world, a source told Reuters. President Joe Biden named Wu, a Columbia University professor, in March 2021 to help lead efforts to boost competition. Wu had advocated for breaking up Big Tech companies …

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Biden names U.S. monkeypox coordinators as more states cite emergencies

2 Aug 2022 2 Aug 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden has appointed two top federal officials to coordinate his administration’s response to monkeypox, the White House said on Tuesday, as more states declared emergencies to help boost vaccines and other resources to combat the virus. The top officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Centers for Disease …

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Georgia anti-abortion law allows tax deductions for fetuses

2 Aug 2022 2 Aug 2022

By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – Pregnant women in the U.S. state of Georgia will be able to deduct their fetuses as dependents on their taxes under a 2019 anti-abortion law that a judge allowed to go into effect last month, the state said. The state’s tax agency said on Monday that any woman whose fetus …

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Accused Russian says U.S. charges of election interference are nonsense

2 Aug 2022 2 Aug 2022

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian man charged by the United States with orchestrating a multi-year effort to use political groups to sow discord, spread propaganda and interfere in U.S. elections said the accusations against him were politically motivated nonsense. Alexander Ionov was accused of conspiring to have U.S. citizens act as illegal agents of the …

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