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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will focus on keeping the government open, delivering assistance for hurricane-affected communities and passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the remainder of his term, the White House said on Thursday. “That’s going to be certainly our focus in the next 74 days,” spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told …

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By Moira Warburton (Reuters) – For the second time in U.S. history, a major party nominated a woman for president and for the second time she lost. Democrat Kamala Harris’ election loss to Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday followed Hillary Clinton’s loss to him in 2016. Reasons for Harris’ loss were many – an Edison …

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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart MIAMI (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told troops in a memo released on Thursday that the Pentagon was committed to an orderly transition to the incoming administration of Donald Trump, and that the military would not get involved in politics and was ready to carry out “all lawful …

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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday revived a defamation lawsuit accusing CNN of defaming Project Veritas in its explanation of why the conservative group, which is often accused of using deceptive tactics, was suspended from Twitter in 2021. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta said Project Veritas …

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