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By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When three federal judges last month blocked Alabama’s new Republican-backed map of U.S. congressional districts as likely discriminatory against Black voters, they said they were applying “settled law” and that the outcome was not even close. An increasingly assertive conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court disagreed. The justices …

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By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City Council held a hearing on Tuesday to consider a plan to make sidewalk dining – first allowed in 2020 as a temporary measure to help blunt economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic – part of the new normal. The plan to give permanent status …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden supports the right of congressional staffers to unionize, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Jarrett Renshaw; Writing by Alexandra Alper; Editing by Leslie Adler)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Tuesday it was clear to Americans that the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was not “legitimate political discourse” after the Republican Party censured two lawmakers investigating the events of that day and used the term to criticize the probe. “Storming the Capitol in …

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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army released its first climate strategy on Tuesday designed to help protect bases against damage from global warming and improve readiness by training soldiers to deal with a world with more killer heat waves, droughts and floods. Driven by executive orders by President Joe Biden to tackle …

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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration will place hundreds of migrants caught at the U.S.-Mexico border on house arrest in the coming weeks as it seeks cheaper alternatives to immigration detention, according to a notice to lawmakers and a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official. A 120-day pilot program will be …

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By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. law enforcement agents on Tuesday arrested a North Carolina man accused of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 while he was out on bail on an unrelated attempted murder charge, according to a newly unsealed court document. Prosecutors allege that during deadly Capitol siege Matthew Beddingfield …

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