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GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. human rights chief on Monday urged U.S. authorities to respect the right to peaceful assembly and refrain from using military force in the context of large protests against President Donald Trump’s actions while in office. “I urge the authorities to respect the right to peaceful assembly and to uphold human rights …

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By Bianca Flowers and Rich McKay (Reuters) – As the school year comes to an end across the United States, many teachers are wondering what they will return to in the fall. While most of the attention on education in the nation has centered on President Donald Trump’s battles with universities, the administration has also …

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By Nathan Layne and Tom Polansek MINNEAPOLIS, (Reuters) -A massive two-day manhunt ended on Sunday with the arrest of Vance Boelter, 57, for allegedly killing a Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker and her husband while posing as a police officer, Governor Tim Walz said. Boelter allegedly shot dead Melissa Hortman, the top Democrat in the Minnesota …

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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters. Earlier this month, the Republican president signed a proclamation that banned the entry of citizens …

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By Andrew Goudsward, John Kruzel and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Americans are divided on major issues that the U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule on in the coming weeks, but most agree on one thing – neither Republicans nor Democrats see the nation’s top judicial body as politically neutral, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. …

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(Reuters) -The Washington Post is investigating a cyberattack on email accounts of some of its journalists, according to a source familiar with the matter and an internal memo reviewed by Reuters. The memo sent to Post employees by Executive Editor Matt Murray said the intrusion was discovered on Thursday and the newspaper immediately initiated an …

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By Tom Polansek and Nathan Layne MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -Police arrested a man on Sunday who allegedly shot dead a Democratic state lawmaker and her husband while posing as a police officer, according to ABC News, citing several sources. ABC News said the man was arrested near his farm near Green Isle, Minnesota, but Minnesota Department …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of a prominent U.S. teachers union resigned from her position in the Democratic Party on Sunday, saying she was “out of step” with its leadership.  Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers union, told Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin that she has turned down his offer to serve …

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By Nathan Layne BLAINE, Minnesota (Reuters) -From the pulpit on Sunday, Father Joe Whalen exhorted his parishioners to avoid the kind of extreme partisanship and hate that appeared to be behind the killing of one of the church’s own, Democratic Minnesota state legislator Melissa Hortman. It was a message that Whalen felt his congregation needed …

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