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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Friday declared unconstitutional a Maryland law prohibiting companies that pass on the costs of the state’s first-of-its-kind digital advertising tax from telling customers why prices went up. Reversing a lower court ruling, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with the Chamber of Commerce …

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By Maiya Keidan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Friday he is not running for president in 2028, calling the suggestion inaccurate on social media. “DC lobby shops are laboring fiercely to drive a wedge between President Trump and me”, he said on X. “They’re pushing the …

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(Reuters) -Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into several utility companies connected to the Smokehouse Creek and Windy Deuce Fires, his office said on Friday. The office said it issued civil investigative demand letters to Xcel Energy, Osmose Utilities Services and Southwestern Public Services for documents related to the wildfires in order …

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By Tom Hals, Jack Queen and Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -A trial in California challenging the legality of President Donald Trump’s use of U.S. troops in Los Angeles has highlighted vulnerabilities in American laws and traditions against deploying the military to carry out domestic police work.  San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer is expected in …

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By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration’s tug-of-war with Congress this year over spending delays of approved federal money could intensify as soon as this week, as the White House weighs a rare maneuver to permanently withhold some federal funding. The tactic — called a pocket rescission — has been criticized by a handful of …

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(Adds Muriel Bowser’s last name in paragraph 2) By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a directive late on Thursday naming Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole as the “emergency police commissioner” of Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department. The move drew immediate criticism from DC’s Mayor Muriel Bowser and District Attorney General …

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By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -California Governor Gavin Newsom led a campaign-style rally on Thursday for a redistricting plan to foil what he called President Donald Trump’s bid to rig the next congressional race and cement his Republican House majority by redrawing the political map of Texas. Newsom said his proposal, aimed for a …

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