By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Texas’s Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday, saying the federal government was not providing the help it needed in assessing the citizenship status of some of its registered voters. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of …
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By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Donald Trump ally Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow.com, asked a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday to strike down a $5 million award to a man who successfully debunked his claims of 2020 election fraud. Lindell’s attorney Douglas Wardlow told the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that …
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By Christopher Bing and A.J. Vicens (Reuters) -An Iranian hacking group is actively scouting U.S. election-related websites and American media outlets as Election Day nears, with activity suggesting preparations for more “direct influence operations,” according to a Microsoft blog published on Wednesday. The hackers – dubbed Cotton Sandstorm by Microsoft and linked to Iran’s Islamic …
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By David Shepardson DETROIT (Reuters) – A senior California official said on Tuesday he expects the Environmental Protection Agency will approve the state’s landmark plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035. The California Air Resources Board has sought a waiver from the EPA under the Clean Air Act to implement its plan …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris will give a speech on the National Mall on Tuesday as she seeks to sway last-minute voters to her campaign one week before the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, a source familiar with her plans said on Wednesday. Harris will try to draw a sharp contrast between herself …
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By Helen Coster and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) – U.S. billionaire Elon Musk has used his X social media platform and his enormous wealth to support Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s efforts to get reelected, going far beyond what political megadonors historically do. Musk, 53, who has said he has voted for Democratic presidential candidates in …
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CONCORD, New Hampshire (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that Republican Donald Trump is a threat to democracy and should be locked up “politically,” as he exhorted Democrats at a New Hampshire campaign office to win the Nov. 5 U.S. election. “We got to lock him up,” Biden said to applause at a Democratic …
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By Lisa Baertlein and Sneha S K (Reuters) -One person died and dozens fell ill from E. coli infections linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers in 10 states, led by Colorado, where 26 people were sickened, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said on Tuesday. The E. coli outbreak, linked to one of McDonald’s most …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday said the federal government may prosecute Turkey’s Halkbank on charges it helped Iran evade American sanctions, rejecting the state-owned lender’s argument that it deserved immunity. In a 3-0 decision, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found no basis under centuries-old common law …
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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Two Phoenix police officers whose violent arrest of a deaf Black man with cerebral palsy was widely condemned by human rights advocates were placed on administrative leave as a formal probe proceeded into the incident, the police said on Tuesday. Tyron McAlpin, 34, was tasered and punched by two Phoenix …
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