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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Police used pepper spray on some of the thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters who gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Congress. Shortly before Netanyahu began speaking, U.S. Capitol Police said some protesters had become violent. “The crowd failed to obey our order …

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By Karolos Grohmann PARIS (Reuters) -Salt Lake City was awarded the 2034 Winter Olympic Games on Wednesday following a vote of the International Olympic Committee. The U.S. city, which hosted the 2002 Winter Games, earned 83 votes out of 89 at the IOC session, having been named the preferred choice in June. “To the people …

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(Reuters) – The Democratic Party’s rules committee agreed on Wednesday on a plan to formally nominate Kamala Harris as a presidential candidate as soon as Aug. 1, before the party’s Aug. 19-22 convention in Chicago, with Harris picking a running mate by Aug. 7. (Reporting By Jarrett Renshaw; Editing by Chris Reese)

(Reuters) – Tesla chief Elon Musk has said he will attend Benjamin Netanyahu’s address in the US Capitol on Wednesday as a guest of the Israeli prime minister, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday citing a spokesperson for House Speaker Mike Johnson. (Reporting by Urvi Dugar in Bengaluru)

By David Morgan and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The 20-year-old gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump did an online search of the John F. Kennedy assassination around the time he began to focus attention on the Republican presidential candidate, FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Wednesday. Wray told the U.S. House Judiciary Committee …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. Justice Department officials during President Donald Trump’s administration took part in a decision to reduce prosecutors’ recommended prison sentence for Trump adviser Roger Stone in 2020, a watchdog report published on Wednesday found. The report by the department’s internal reviewer found that the top federal prosecutor in …

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(Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday, arguing that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris could not legally take over funds raised by President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. Biden, an 81-year-old Democrat who was in a tight race with Republican challenger Donald Trump, endorsed Harris …

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By Kanishka Singh and Allende Miglietta WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Capitol Police arrested Jewish activists protesting against U.S. military support for Israel inside a congressional building on Tuesday, a day before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to deliver a speech to Congress. The protesters, organized by activist group Jewish Voice for Peace, wore red T-shirts …

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(Reuters) – Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a post on X on Tuesday that he never said he was donating $45 million per month to Republican Donald Trump. (This story has been corrected to insert ‘per month’ in frequency of payments in the headline and text) (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by …

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By Akash Sriram (Reuters) – Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday that U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s potential removal of support for electric vehicles would hurt other automakers more than the Austin, Texas-based firm. “It would be devastating for our competitors, and it would hurt Tesla slightly but long term probably actually helps Tesla …

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