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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON Reuters) -Establishment-backed Democrat Adelita Grijalva was set to win a primary to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat in Arizona vacated by her late father, according to several media projections late on Tuesday. Grijalva, a 54-year-old former county board supervisor, held off a late, surging challenge from Deja Foxx, a …

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By Helen Coster (Reuters) -The leaders of three U.S. universities testified before a House of Representatives panel on Tuesday about what they have done to combat antisemitism on campus, saying they were committed to stamping out hatred while protecting academic freedom. At Tuesday’s three-hour hearing, Georgetown University interim President Robert Groves, City University of New …

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By Chris Prentice (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has pushed out the head of the U.S. watchdog that oversees public company auditors, according to an email to staff seen by Reuters. Erica Williams, who has led the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board since 2022, said in the email her last day will be …

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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -A wildfire in tinder-dry forest on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon grew around 50% on Tuesday after it destroyed dozens of buildings, prompting public outrage that it was left to burn for a week before firefighters tried to fully extinguish it. The so-called Dragon Bravo Fire swelled to 8,570 …

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(Refiles to add dropped word “case” in headline) By AJ Vicens (Reuters) -A former U.S. Army soldier pleaded guilty on Tuesday to hacking telecommunications companies’ databases, stealing records, and demanding ransoms for the stolen data, the U.S. Department of Justice said.   Cameron John Wagenius, 21, defrauded at least 10 organizations by obtaining login credentials for …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he believed Republicans could pick up five seats in the U.S. House of Representatives by redrawing districts in Texas, which could boost his party’s odds of defending its thin majority in next year’s midterm elections. Republicans currently hold a 220-212 majority in the 435-seat House, with three …

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By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two senior officials at the White House National Security Council have left their roles in recent days, according to two sources familiar with the moves, the latest departures for a body that has been cut sharply in recent months. Ian Bennitt, the senior director for maritime and industrial capacity, and …

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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said on Tuesday he had asked Israel to “aggressively investigate” the killing of a Palestinian American who was beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, describing it as a “criminal and terrorist act.” The comments by Huckabee, a staunch supporter …

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