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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Thursday pushed back against President Joe Biden’s lifting of a pandemic-related rule expelling immigrants seeking asylum, with others supportive of the policy saying the administration needed to do more work to prepare for a surge in migrants. “I want to see the plan …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives must make “major concessions” to legislation that would provide government subsidies for semiconductor production or it will have “no chance of becoming law,” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Chris Gallagher)

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The city of Denver said it will appeal a federal jury’s verdict from March that awarded $14 million to a dozen activists who sued Denver police, claiming excessive force was used against peaceful protesters during racial injustice demonstrations following the death of George Floyd in 2020. “There hasn’t been a final …

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By Brendan O’Brien and Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -A Minneapolis police officer will not face criminal charges for fatally shooting a 22-year-old Black man during a no-knock raid on an apartment in February, state and local prosecutors said on Wednesday. Even though the dead man, Amir Locke, was a victim, there was insufficient evidence to bring …

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(Reuters) -A federal jury ended a third day of deliberations on Wednesday in the trial of four men charged with a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor, a case that highlights the political rift surrounding the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prosecutors said Adam Fox, Brandon Caserta, Barry Croft Jr. and Daniel Harris planned to …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former McKinsey & Co partner who helped advise Goldman Sachs Group Inc on its recent purchase of fintech lender GreenSky Inc was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison for insider trading on the takeover. The defendant, Puneet Dikshit, 41, had pleaded guilty in December to …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives approved “contempt of Congress” charges on Wednesday against Peter Navarro and Daniel Scavino, two former aides to ex-President Donald Trump, over their failure to comply with subpoenas from the committee investigating the Capitol riot. Voting was continuing on Wednesday. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; …

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