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By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic congressional candidates have shifted their pitch on immigration in the final weeks of the 2024 campaign, promising more action to boost border security as they seek to make up ground on an issue where voters favor Republicans. They are talking about it far more in campaign TV ads …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The owner and operator of the cargo ship that struck Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, killing six people, have agreed to pay $102 million to the federal government, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. The department in September filed a civil claim seeking $103 million from two …

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By Jasper Ward (Reuters) -A person was arrested after a fire was set to a mailbox in Phoenix, Arizona, damaging several electoral ballots, the city’s mayor said on Thursday. The Phoenix Fire Department said an unknown person arrived early on Thursday to a U.S. Post Office and lit a fire inside a drive-up collection mailbox. …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. presidential contest between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump features an array of legal battles over how the votes are cast and counted that are likely to last beyond Election Day on Nov. 5. Here are some of the most significant voting-related disputes that are playing out in the seven …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal appeals court upheld large portions of an expansive New York state gun control law on Thursday, saying the state can ban people from carrying weapons in “sensitive” locations such as schools, parks, theaters, bars and Times Square. In a 246-page decision, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of …

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By Jarrett Renshaw, James Oliphant and Nandita Bose PHILADELPHIA/DULUTH, Georgia (Reuters) -Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris told a town hall in Pennsylvania on Wednesday her administration would be different from that of President Joe Biden’s, as Republican Donald Trump campaigned in Georgia, another battleground state. Harris’s attempt to distance herself from Biden comes as several …

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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday confirmed two of the four presumptive positive bird flu cases among poultry farm workers in Washington state. The agency also ruled out bird flu infections among healthcare workers who tended to a person who contracted the virus in Missouri, officials …

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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that if elected he would fire the federal prosecutor leading the criminal probes into his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat and alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving office. Former President Trump, asked during an interview whether he would pardon …

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(Reuters) -Superstar singer Beyoncé will appear with Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris at a rally in Houston on Friday, two sources told Reuters. Harris is appearing in Texas, a Republican stronghold, to support Democratic Senate candidate Colin Allred, who trails Republican Ted Cruz in the polls, and talk about abortion rights. Beyoncé, who is …

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