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By Joseph Tanfani (Reuters) -Former President Barack Obama touted Democratic candidates for governor in two states at campaign rallies on Saturday, urging voters in next week’s election to reject what he called the “lawlessness and recklessness” of President Donald Trump’s administration. Obama, the two-term president still highly popular among Democrats, laid out a biting indictment …

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(Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday that the U.S. military conducted a lethal strike on a vessel operated by a drug trafficking organization in the Caribbean, killing three men aboard. The operation, directed by President Donald Trump and carried out in international waters, targeted a vessel known to be carrying narcotics along …

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By Andrew Hay TAOS, New Mexico (Reuters) -New Mexico became on Saturday the first U.S. state to offer free child care to all residents in a bid to boost its economy and lift education and child welfare levels ranked the worst in the country. Under the program, families, regardless of income, can receive state vouchers to …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said on Friday the Trump administration had yet to provide details of its operations against drug cartels and their legal basis they had sought. U.S. strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Pacific have killed dozens …

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By Nate Raymond and Leah Douglas BOSTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration cannot suspend food aid for millions of Americans during the ongoing government shutdown, two federal judges ruled on Friday, saying the government must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits. The dual rulings by judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island came in …

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By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday permanently blocked part of an executive order from Republican U.S. President Donald Trump, ruling that the president cannot require voters to show passports or similar documents as proof of citizenship before voting. Several lawsuits have challenged the president’s March 25 executive order, a sweeping …

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