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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A New York federal judge has ordered Amazon.com to comply with a subpoena from a U.S. civil rights agency investigating claims that the online retailer discriminated against pregnant warehouse workers. U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield in Manhattan late Thursday rejected Amazon’s claims that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) subpoena was …

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By Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden had a series of verbal slip-ups on Thursday alongside the NATO summit in Washington, an unfortunate development for the 81-year-old as he tries to move past concerns that he is too old to run for re-election. Verbal gaffes are not unusual in the long political career …

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By Jeff Mason, Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Shortly after President Joe Biden’s halting debate with Donald Trump on June 27, his exit from the 2024 U.S. presidential race seemed all but inevitable to some longtime allies. Donors called it a disaster and held frantic calls to discuss next steps. Newspaper columnists demanded …

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By Andrew Hay SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) – A lawyer for Alec Baldwin on Thursday rigorously questioned a police technician over her investigation of the “Rust” shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, suggesting agents were more interested in prosecuting Baldwin than finding the source of a live round that killed the film’s cinematographer. On day …

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By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Senators questioned the experience of Christy Goldsmith Romero to lead the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or fix its cultural issues, but did not seem poised to go all out to block her during a hearing on Thursday. Goldsmith Romero rebutted their assertions, pledged to overhaul …

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By Tom Polansek, P.J. Huffstutter and Leah Douglas MARTIN, Michigan (Reuters) – Some dairy farmers are resisting Michigan’s nation-leading efforts to stop the spread of bird flu for fear their incomes will suffer from added costs and hurt rural America. The government’s restrictions, which include tracking who comes and goes from farms, are rekindling unwanted …

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