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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to drop out of the race by the end of the week and endorse Republican former President Donald Trump, ABC News reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. Kennedy’s campaign announced earlier in the day that he would make an address to the nation on …

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(Reuters) -U.S. employers added far fewer jobs than originally reported in the year through March, the Labor Department said on Wednesday, underscoring the growing concerns the Federal Reserve has about the health of the labor market as it gears up to start cutting interest rates in September. The department’s estimate for total payroll employment for …

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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Florida state economists can warn voters that a proposed amendment to the state constitution establishing a right to abortion could reduce state revenues, the state’s highest court ruled on Wednesday, rejecting a lawsuit by the abortion rights group behind the measure. The Florida Supreme Court found that the state’s Financial …

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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell has died at age 87, his family said on social media on Wednesday. Pascrell, a Democrat representing a northern New Jersey district in the House of Representatives, was repeatedly hospitalized this summer with a respiratory illness. “As our United States Representative, Bill fought to his …

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By Stephanie Kelly CHICAGO (Reuters) -Michelle Obama tore into Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention, criticizing his character and racist attacks that have targeted her and her husband Barack in the past. “His limited and narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two …

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By Stephanie Kelly CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama was set to be the star of the show on the second night of the Democratic National Convention celebrating Kamala Harris’ nomination to face Republican Donald Trump in November’s presidential election. Here are some takeaways from night two on Tuesday. REPUBLICANS AT CENTER STAGE …

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(Reuters) -Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering ending his campaign to join forces with Republican rival Donald Trump, Kennedy’s running mate said in an interview posted online on Tuesday. The vice presidential candidate, Nicole Shanahan, said that as independents she and Kennedy ran the risk of drawing support from would-be Trump …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Derek Chauvin has been transferred to a prison in Texas, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons said on Tuesday, nine months after the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd survived a prison stabbing in Arizona. KEY QUOTE “We can confirm Derek Michael Chauvin was …

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By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) – The Texas power grid operator is expecting electricity use will break an all-time demand record on Tuesday as homes and businesses crank up air conditioners to escape a heat wave stretching across the state. Texas’ surging population growth in recent years and its status as a hot spot for some …

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