By Nathan Layne, Joseph Ax and Jeff Mason MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -Donald Trump described on Thursday how he narrowly survived an attempt on his life, telling a rapt audience at the Republican National Convention in his first speech since the attack that he was only there “by the grace of Almighty God.” “I heard a loud …
By Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) -Several of U.S. President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign fundraisers are on hold, multiple Democratic sources involved in the events told Reuters on Friday, even as the Democratic Party planned to accelerate his nomination and he vowed to continue in the 2024 race. Biden had planned to raise money …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris assured major Democratic donors on Friday that the party would win the presidential election as more lawmakers called for her running mate, President Joe Biden, to stand down. “We are going to win this election,” she said on a call arranged on short notice to calm donors, according …
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By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -The spread of bird flu among poultry and dairy farms has heightened some health experts’ concerns that the process of killing and disposing of poultry infected with the virus may pose a risk to humans and livestock. Recent instances of farms dumping carcasses in landfills and using methods to kill chickens …
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(Reuters) – The head of the Federal Railroad Administration, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board and senior pipeline safety agency official will testify at a July 23 U.S. House subcommittee hearing on rail safety. In May 2023, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee passed sweeping rail safety reform legislation in the aftermath of the February …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed two additional cases of bird flu in Colorado poultry farm workers. Last week, Colorado reported four confirmed infections of H5N1 bird flu and was checking on the status of a fifth suspected case. The two new cases were in poultry workers with exposure …
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By Tim Reid MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – For four nights at Donald Trump’s nominating convention in Milwaukee, a roster of speakers attempted to give one of the most divisive politicians in recent U.S. history a makeover, describing him as a loving and caring family man whose near-assassination at a rally on Saturday had changed him. Early …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that a regulation ordering deep cuts in power plants’ carbon emissions can go ahead while it considers a challenge from more than two dozen Republican-led states. The Environmental Protection Agency rule applies to existing coal-fired power plants and any new natural gas plants. …
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By Gram Slattery and Nathan Layne MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination before a raucous audience of thousands on Thursday, the crowning event to a gathering of the party’s faithful just days after the former president survived an assassination attempt. Here are takeaways from the Republican National Convention’s final night. TRUMP THE …
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By Kristina Cooke and Mica Rosenberg (Reuters) -Multiple employees at the largest shelter provider for unaccompanied migrant children in the United States sexually abused and harassed minors in their care, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged in a lawsuit filed this week. The lawsuit in the Western District of Texas, alleges a “pattern” of “severe …
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