By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A U.S. judge at the urging of environmental groups has thrown out an assessment by a federal agency governing how endangered and threatened marine species should be protected from oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Monday ruled the …
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(Reuters) – The state of Utah filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in the U.S. Supreme Court challenging federal control over more than a third of the land within its borders, saying U.S. government policies are restricting access to those lands for recreation and energy and infrastructure development. The move is the latest by a Republican-led …
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By Helen Coster and Nathan Layne HOWELL, Michigan (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump visited a Michigan town on Tuesday one month after white supremacists rallied there, sparking renewed criticism from Democrats who accuse his campaign of stirring up racial tensions for political gain. The Trump campaign released prepared remarks that showed he would attack Democratic …
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By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (Reuters) -Former U.S. Representative George Santos pleaded guilty on Monday to fabricating fundraising figures, cementing the downfall of a novice politician who was expelled from Congress last year after a brief, scandal-plagued tenure. Santos, a Republican, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday accused Iran of launching cyber operations against the campaigns of both U.S. presidential candidates and targeting the American public with influence operations aimed at fanning political discord. “We have observed increasingly aggressive Iranian activity during this election cycle,” said a statement by the FBI, the Office of …
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By Jeff Mason CHICAGO (Reuters) – After Kamala Harris secured the Democratic presidential nomination in an unprecedented party upheaval, she got some advice from former President Barack Obama: Tap the campaign talent pool that is out there; you can have anyone you want. Within days, Obama’s former campaign manager David Plouffe and other high profile …
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By Steve Holland, Trevor Hunnicutt and Doina Chiacu CHICAGO (Reuters) -President Joe Biden cemented the Democratic Party’s elevation of Kamala Harris to lead the fight for the White House against Republican Donald Trump with a convention speech on Monday that praised his vice president as the best hope for preserving American democracy. Biden took center …
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By Andrea Shalal, Bianca Flowers and Julio-Cesar Chavez CHICAGO (Reuters) -Thousands of mostly peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters marched in Chicago on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, in a show of anger against the Biden administration’s support for Israel in the Gaza war. After hours of peaceful demonstrations, dozens of protesters broke …
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(Reuters) – The Biden administration on Monday issued an offshore wind lease to the state of Maine for a small project that will demonstrate floating turbine technology off the U.S. East Coast. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT U.S. President Joe Biden has championed offshore wind as a key pillar of his climate change agenda. His Interior Department …
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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -An actor who played a fictional TV president will host the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday, part of the star power taking center stage in support of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. Tony Goldwyn, who portrayed President Fitzgerald Grant III in the ABC drama …
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