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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by a tree-trimming company to block a U.S. Federal Trade Commission rule from taking effect that would ban agreements commonly signed by workers not to join their employers’ rivals or launch competing businesses. U.S. District Judge Kelley Hodge in Philadelphia said in …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top two U.S. Democratic congressional leaders endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be their party’s presidential nominee, the pair told reporters on Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ended days of questions over whether they would join the growing number of Democrats in …

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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor George Clooney, a key Democratic fundraiser who made a public call for President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday as the party’s nominee for the November presidential election. Biden ended his campaign on Sunday following pressure from Democrats in …

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By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – The Illinois State Police released video on Monday of a sheriff’s deputy killing a woman in her home this month, revealing details of a shooting that some likened to high-profile cases in which law enforcement has used excessive force on Black Americans. Sean Grayson, a white deputy who was dismissed …

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(Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris surpassed the number of delegates needed to claim the Democratic presidential nomination on Monday night, campaign sources told Reuters. According to an Associated Press tally, Harris had 2,214 delegates, well beyond the simple majority needed to clinch the nomination on the first ballot. The survey is unofficial, the AP …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The leader of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will preside over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on Wednesday, Senate aides said, as Vice President Kamala Harris will be traveling outside Washington. The vice president, who serves as president of the Senate, was scheduled to be in …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday at the White House, a U.S. official said on Monday. Biden has been battling COVID-19 since last Wednesday but is returning to Washington on Tuesday from his beach house in Delaware. Netanyahu addresses a joint session of …

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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle rebuffed bipartisan calls to resign for security failures that allowed a would-be assassin to wound Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and rankled lawmakers by refusing to provide details about the incident. The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee’s Republican chair, James Comer, and top …

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By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Fox News Media and its parent Fox Corp won a ruling on Monday dismissing a lawsuit by a former Biden administration official who accused the media giant of defaming her as a proponent of censorship. Chief U.S. District Judge Colm Connolly in Delaware ruled that Nina Jankowicz, who resigned from …

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