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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to block a judicial decision from Pennsylvania requiring the counting of provisional ballots cast by voters who make mistakes on their mail-in ballots, potentially affecting thousands of votes in the Nov. 5 presidential election.  The Republican National Committee and Republican Party of Pennsylvania …

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By Moira Warburton and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Police believe three suspected arsons at ballot drop boxes in the northwestern U.S. states of Washington and Oregon are linked, and have identified what they believe is a suspect vehicle in Oregon, officials said on Monday. Two separate blazes erupted Monday in Portland, Oregon, damaging three ballots, …

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By Jack Queen (Reuters) -The Nevada Supreme Court on Monday ruled that mail-in ballots received after Election Day without a postmark may be counted, a loss for Republicans in a battleground state that could determine the next president and control of the U.S. Congress. The seven justices affirmed a lower court ruling against Donald Trump’s …

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NEW CASTLE, Delaware (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Monday cast his ballot in the U.S. presidential election, voting early in his home state of Delaware for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in her race against Republican Donald Trump. The president, who dropped his reelection bid in July, joined many Americans who can vote before …

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By James Oliphant and Gram Slattery (Reuters) – Donald Trump plans to deport millions of migrants, reshape global trade with expensive tariffs and fill the government with loyalists if he wins a second four-year White House term in the Nov. 5 presidential election. Here is a look at some of the policies Trump has pledged …

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By Steve Holland, Jeff Mason and James Oliphant NEW YORK (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump headlined a rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday that began with a series of vulgar and racist remarks by allies of the former president. Trump, a New York celebrity for decades, hoped to use the event …

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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Jerry Moran has urged the Federal Aviation Administration to speed up its license review process for private rocket launches, writing in a letter seen by Reuters that the agency’s current oversight of a fast-growing space sector is delaying national objectives. Moran, the highest ranking Republican on the Democratic-controlled …

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By Luc Cohen (Reuters) -The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking to stop a political action committee controlled by billionaire Elon Musk from awarding $1 million to registered U.S. voters in battleground states ahead of the Nov. 5 election. The complaint brought by the top prosecutor in the Philadelphia County Court …

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By Tom Hals (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court allowed on Monday a thoroughbred racing body to continue regulating horse tracks in the United States while litigation brought by the state of Texas and other plaintiffs challenging its power to enforce its rules plays out. The justices granted the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s request to …

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By Andrea Shalal DETROIT (Reuters) – Tiesha Blackwell, 24, voted for Joe Biden in 2020 but says she is casting her ballot for Republican former President Donald Trump this year, and high food and housing prices are a chief reason. Blackwell, who lives southwest of Detroit in the battleground state of Michigan, says she has …

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