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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of untraceable privately-made “ghost guns” recovered at crime scenes surged nearly 1,600% between 2017 and 2023, according to the results of a new federal gun trafficking study released on Wednesday. The study’s results, announced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), come after …

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By Susan Heavey and Luc Cohen WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent a New York state court from sentencing him for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star.     “This court should enter an immediate stay of further proceedings in …

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By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration’s spending on stimulus to keep the economy going during the COVID pandemic may have contributed “a little bit” to inflation, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview on CNBC on Wednesday. Yellen said supply chain issues and shortages were the main factor …

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By Richard Valdmanis and Timothy Gardner (Reuters) -The U.S. Interior Department said on Wednesday a congressionally mandated oil and gas drilling lease auction in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge received no bids from energy companies. Outgoing President Joe Biden’s administration billed the outcome as proof the 19 million-acre refuge, home to species including polar bears …

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(This Jan. 7 story has been corrected to remove a reference to a Biden ban on gas water heaters in paragraph 20 and to clarify regulation efforts) By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump made news with a series of assertions and pronouncements during a press conference on Tuesday, less than two weeks …

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By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department will not make public for now Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on Donald Trump’s retention of classified records, it said on Wednesday, citing the ongoing prosecutions of two associates of the president-elect. That portion of Smith’s report will be made available …

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By Ryan Patrick Jones (Reuters) – The U.S. state of Alaska has sued the Biden administration for what it calls violations of a Congressional directive to allow oil and gas development in a portion of the federal Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Monday’s lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Alaska challenges the federal government’s …

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By Jorge Garcia and Mike Blake LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A rapidly growing wildfire raged across an upscale section of Los Angeles on Tuesday, destroying numerous buildings and creating traffic jams as more than 30,000 people evacuated, while a second blaze doubled in size some 30 miles inland. At least 2,921 acres (1,182 hectares) of …

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