By David Morgan and Eric Beech WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump ignored pressure from some fellow Republicans to avoid repeating his false claims about a stolen 2020 election on Tuesday, insisting that he won his second bid for the White House and would not allow his perceived enemies to bar a return. In his first …
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(Reuters) -Actor Tony Dow, best known for his role as Wally Cleaver in the 1950s American TV hit sitcom “Leave It to Beaver,” is alive but gravely ill, his management team said on Tuesday, correcting its earlier statement that he had died. “This morning Tony’s wife Lauren, who was very distraught, had notified us that …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -The Democratic Party’s congressional campaign arm is airing an ad in Michigan aimed at boosting John Gibbs, a far-right candidate endorsed by Donald Trump, as he challenges one of the few Republicans who voted to impeach the former president. The effort is part of a controversial and risky Democratic strategy in …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Seventeen U.S. Republican state attorneys general wrote a letter to the chief executive of Alphabet’s Google urging the company to show “crisis pregnancy centers,” which oppose the procedure, in search results for people looking for abortion services. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is running for re-election in November, released the letter …
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By Patricia Zengerle and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted 64-32 on Tuesday to advance legislation to dramatically boost U.S. semiconductor manufacturing in a bid to make the domestic industry more competitive with China. The legislation provides about $52 billion in government subsidies for U.S. semiconductor production as well as an investment …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A judge in Georgia on Monday granted a Republican state lawmaker’s request to disqualify the district attorney from probing the lawmaker directly in an investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his supporters to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her …
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By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A long overlooked co-defendant of the Central Park Five, a group of Black and Latino teenagers wrongly convicted of raping a white woman jogger in 1989 based on false confessions, was exonerated of a related conviction by a New York judge on Monday. Steven Lopez was 15 when he …
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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Paul Sorvino, who played the role of gangster Paulie Cicero in classic mob movie “Goodfellas,” has died at the age of 83, a spokesperson for the actor said on Monday. Sorvino, also known for portraying police sergeant Phil Cerreta on TV series “Law & Order” in the 1990s, …
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By Alexandra Alper and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday said he was “feeling great,” as he recovers from COVID-19, and that he expected to end his isolation and return to normal working conditions by the end of the week. Biden held a virtual event with semiconductor manufacturers and several top …
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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jared Kushner, a former senior aide to then-President Donald Trump who is married to Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, wrote in a memoir to be published next month that he had a bout with thyroid cancer in 2019 that was previously undisclosed. According to excerpts of the book seen by Reuters, …
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