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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of Americans hold a negative opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court following its decision last week to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that recognized a right to abortion, says a Reuters/Ipsos survey completed on Tuesday. The two-day public opinion poll found 57% of Americans had an …

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By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court has chipped away at the wall separating church and state in a series of new rulings, eroding American legal traditions intended to prevent government officials from promoting any particular faith. In three decisions in the past eight weeks, the court has …

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By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn (Reuters) – The cost of buying insurance protection against mass shootings has spiked more than 10% in the United States this year following a string of deadly events, insurers said. The United States witnessed 293 mass shootings so far this year, according to a report by the Gun …

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By Andy Sullivan and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican candidates who echoed former President Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen presidency were defeated in high-profile nominating contests in Colorado on Tuesday ahead of November’s midterm elections. The two Colorado candidates, U.S. Senate hopeful Ron Hanks and county clerk Tina Peters, who had sought the …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Mary Miller, a candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump, defeated moderate fellow Republican Representative Rodney Davis in an Illinois House primary that pitted two incumbents against one another due to redistricting, Edison Research projected on Tuesday. Miller is expected to win the district in November’s general election. (Reporting by …

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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling this week that will determine the degree to which the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate greenhouse gas emissions as an air pollutant. The decision may have enormous implications for President Joe Biden’s administration and its lofty ambitions to fight …

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(Reuters) – Advisers to the U.S Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday overwhelmingly recommended the inclusion of an Omicron component for COVID-19 booster vaccines in the fall. The panel of advisers voted 19-2 in favor of the recommendation. (Reporting by Leroy Leo in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Abortions can resume in Texas after a judge on Tuesday blocked officials from enforcing a nearly century-old ban the state’s Republican attorney general said was back in effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to the procedure nationwide. The temporary restraining order by Judge Christine Weems in Harris …

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