WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top court in the battleground state of Georgia ruled on Monday that Cobb County cannot extend the deadline for counting about 3,000 absentee ballots that were sent out shortly before Election Day, handing a victory to the Republican National Committee and presidential candidate Donald Trump. Siding with the RNC, the Georgia …
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By Patrick Wingrove and Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) – Americans are still eagerly seeking prescriptions for Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss and diabetes drugs but cannot always fill them because of supply issues and insurance hurdles, according to their doctors. Those frustrations, along with the medicines’ high cost, are pushing patients to cheaper compounded versions …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. cybersecurity agency director Jen Easterly said on Monday that her department has not seen evidence of any activity that could directly impact the outcome of the election, despite a surge in disinformation. She added that the 2024 election has faced an “unprecedented amount of disinformation” from foreign adversaries. U.S. agencies have warned …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -The U.S. presidential election will take place on Nov. 5, but the winner of the razor-thin race between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump may not be known for days after the polls close. As ballots are counted, one candidate may appear to be leading based on early returns, only …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former Ohio police officer was convicted of murder by a jury on Monday for fatally shooting Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man. Adam Coy, a white man and nearly 20-year veteran of the Columbus police force, killed Hill, 47, responding to a non-emergency nuisance call about car noise …
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By Jasper Ward (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania judge on Friday ordered the Erie County Board of Elections to issue ballots for up to 17,000 voters who had not received requested mail-in ballots ahead of the Nov. 5 election. The state’s Democratic Party filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the county board of elections, challenging its …
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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court threw out on Monday a judicial decision that had spared a man convicted of murder in Alabama from execution because he was found to be intellectually disabled. The justices concluded that the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals needs to clarify its ruling that Joseph Clifton …
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By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For six months or so in 2021, as vaccines paved an economic reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic and fresh waves of federal benefits flowed to household bank accounts, President Joe Biden’s administration reaped the benefit with an approval rating pinned above 50%. It has been mired around 40% ever …
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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats face a tough fight in Tuesday’s U.S. election to preserve their narrow 51-49 majority in the Senate, as they are defending several incumbents in Republican-leaning states. Below are the key Senate races to watch: MONTANA: VULNERABLE DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT Democrat Jon Tester’s bid for reelection to a fourth six-year term …
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By Luc Cohen HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – After Donald Trump’s bid to overturn his 2020 election loss, an advocacy group was launched to take on the lawyers who aided in his doomed effort, hitting them with more than 80 ethics complaints. With Trump again the Republican candidate for the U.S. presidency, his allies have fired …
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