(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has mandated more people show photo identification when buying tobacco products, as the health regulator raised the age verification requirement by three years. As part of a rule finalized by the agency on Thursday, the FDA now requires retailers to verify the age of anyone under 30 when …
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By Andrea Shalal, Steve Holland and Stephanie Kelly SAVANNAH, Georgia/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kamala Harris vowed a tougher approach to migration along the U.S. southern border and said she would not withhold weapons to Israel, in her first interview with a major news organization since becoming the Democratic nominee for president. In the interview with CNN anchor …
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By James Oliphant and Helen Coster WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he will require the government or insurance companies to pay for IVF fertility treatments if he is elected in November, a move likely aimed at appealing to women and suburban voters. “We want to produce babies in this country, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris told CNN on Thursday that she would not ban fracking if elected president. “No, and I made that clear on the debate stage in 2020 that I would not ban fracking, as vice president, I did not ban fracking. As president, I will not ban fracking,” Harris …
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – The federal appeals court, often considered the nation’s most conservative, said Louisiana can end a 32-year-old consent decree meant to ensure a fair chance for Blacks to be elected to the state’s Supreme Court. In an 11-7 decision on Thursday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans …
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By Jason Lange and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 45% to 41% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Thursday that showed the vice president sparking new enthusiasm among voters and shaking up the race ahead of the Nov. 5 election. The 4 percentage point advantage among registered voters was …
By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Army defended an Arlington National Cemetery employee who was pushed aside during a visit by former President Donald Trump, saying that she acted professionally and was being unfairly attacked. The military rarely comments on political matters and while its statement on Thursday did not explicitly mention Trump or …
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(Note sexual language in paragraph 2) (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday reposted a lewd social media remark about Vice-President Kamala Harris, the latest in a volley of demeaning attacks by Republicans against Trump’s Democratic rival. The comment was made by another Truth Social media user, who wrote, below a picture of …
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By Ted Hesson and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States government will resume an updated version of a migrant sponsorship program that it had paused earlier this summer over concerns of fraud, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in a statement on Thursday. “With these updated procedures in place, DHS is resuming …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has a one percentage point lead over Republican Donald Trump in the run-up to November’s election, according to a Wall Street Journal poll published on Thursday. Harris enjoyed 48% public support compared to 47% for Trump, said the poll, which has a plus or minus 2.5% margin …
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