By Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wisconsin (Reuters) -David Mattison, a retired postal worker, had spent nearly all of his life in this remote corner of Wisconsin, watching family farms fail and small businesses go under with the hollowing out of the rural economy. So he had approached this year’s presidential election …
By Nathan Layne and Joseph Ax WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Saturday he believed Democrat Kamala Harris will be easier to beat than President Joe Biden even as some polls showed her edging ahead in the race for the Nov. 5 presidential election. Trump, the former president, spoke at a …
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By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris is likely to join President Joe Biden on stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday as he passes the torch to her as the party’s candidate in the Nov. 5 presidential election, sources said on Saturday. Biden, who stepped …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kamala Harris will meet with rank-and-file members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a top labor union that has not endorsed a candidate in the November presidential election, a union spokesperson said on Saturday. Harris, the Democratic Vice President who is in a tight race for the White House with Republican Donald …
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By Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday designated a national monument to commemorate a 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois, that left several people dead, hundreds injured and destroyed dozens of Black-owned businesses and homes. In August 1908, mobs of white residents tore through Illinois’ capital city under the …
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday left intact a key part of an injunction blocking a California law meant to shield children from online content that could harm them mentally or physically. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said NetChoice, a trade group for companies that do …
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By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to let President Joe Biden’s administration enforce a key part of a new rule protecting LGBT students from discrimination in schools and colleges based on gender identity in 10 Republican-led states that had challenged it. The justices denied the administration’s request to partially …
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By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Autry Stephens, the billionaire founder and chairman of Endeavor Energy Resources, has died aged 86, the company disclosed on Friday, after a prolonged battle with cancer. Stephens died early on Friday morning, a source familiar with the matter said. Known for a relentless work ethic and frugal nature, he had …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday tossed out several natural gas pipeline safety standards adopted by President Joe Biden’s administration following industry criticism about the massive costs on pipeline operators. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous …
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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Unemployment in Texas rose moderately in July, suggesting that Hurricane Beryl had a minor impact on the labor market and confirming the sharp slowdown in U.S. job growth last month. The Labor Department’s state employment and unemployment report on Friday showed the jobless rate in Texas, which was slammed …
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