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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump remain in a tight contest across seven battleground states with just over two weeks until the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, a Washington Post/Schar School opinion poll showed on Monday.  Democratic former prosecutor Harris led among likely voters in Georgia 51% to 47%, …

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By Jarrett Renshaw HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, on Sunday called on law enforcement to investigate billionaire Elon Musk for his promise at a weekend pro-Trump rally to give away $1 million each day until Election Day. Musk on Saturday gave a $1 million check to an attendee at the rally in …

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By Gabriella Borter KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Rachel Sweet joined dozens of rally goers in a Kansas City, Missouri union headquarters parking lot on a warm October Saturday, holding a sign that read “Yes on 3” and joining a call-and-response chant: “When women’s rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight …

Rachel Sweet has won two of the nation’s toughest abortion fights. She heads home to Missouri for a third Read More »

(Reuters) -The United States is investigating the leak of a pair of highly classified intelligence documents describing Israel’s preparations for a retaliatory strike on Iran, House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday.  The documents appear to have been prepared by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, describing U.S. interpretations of Israeli Air Force and Navy planning based …

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By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – A man on death row in Texas who had expected to be executed on Thursday night is now set to testify next week before the state lawmakers who believe he may have been wrongly convicted of murdering his 2-year-old daughter and secured him an extraordinary reprieve. Robert Roberson, 56, had …

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By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to visit the Amazon rainforest and meet Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva before they attend the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro in November, sources familiar with the negotiations told Reuters. Biden would stop in Manaus, the Amazon’s largest city, or in …

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(Reuters) – Prosecutors in Arizona have dismissed charges against a Black man who is deaf and has cerebral palsy, and who was violently arrested by police earlier this year. Bodycam footage of Tyron McAlpin’s arrest in August sparked outrage after it was released this week. Video showed police using a Taser on McAlpin and punching …

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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – The medical emergency exception in Tennessee’s abortion ban is unclear, a Tennessee court has ruled, barring the state from enforcing the ban in case of certain medical conditions while a lawsuit by doctors and women who say they were denied abortions goes forward. The preliminary order from a three-judge panel …

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