WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of business and civic leaders urged U.S. President Joe Biden to end his reelection bid in a letter to the White House on Friday, a day after its CEO said members would still back him if he continued to run, the Washington Post reported. The Post said the letter, signed …
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By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – A driver suspected of being under the influence of alcohol was in custody on Friday after his pickup truck plowed into a crowd celebrating the Fourth of July in a Lower Manhattan park, killing three and injuring seven others, authorities said. The man, who was driving a Ford F-150, sped …
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By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett in a March public appearance alongside liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that one way to promote compromise on the U.S. Supreme Court is by issuing narrower rulings rather than sweeping ones. “Not everything has to be decided in an opinion,” Barrett said. She applied …
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(Reuters) – The state of Alaska on Wednesday said it has filed a lawsuit challenging new federal regulations imposed for oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). In April, President Joe Biden’s administration took steps to limit both oil and gas drilling and mining in Alaska. The regulations blocked development on 40% …
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By Steve Holland, Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said “I’m not going anywhere” as he faced calls by many Democrats to end his re-election bid, using the Fourth of July celebrations on Thursday to hit back at doubts about his stamina and mental acuity to continue his campaign. The 81-year-old …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -Millions of Americans took a welcome Fourth of July break on Thursday, flocking to parades, fireworks shows and barbecues for a brief respite from the daily drumbeat of unsettling news at home and abroad. The holiday, which marks the July 4 signing of the Declaration of Independence from Britain in 1776, is …
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By Nathan Layne, Tim Reid, Alexandra Ulmer and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s campaign and some of his allies have launched a pre-emptive political strike on Vice President Kamala Harris, moving swiftly to try to discredit her amid talk among some of her fellow Democrats that she might replace President Joe Biden atop the …
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(This story contains offensive language in paragraph 3) By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump falsely claimed to have driven Democratic President Joe Biden out of the White House race and disparaged Vice President Kamala Harris in a video published by the Daily Beast, which drew a sharp rebuke from the Biden campaign. …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic governors of New York, Minnesota and Maryland on Wednesday said they would support President Joe Biden’s reelection bid after a candid discussion with him about his weak performance in last week’s debate. “The president has always had our backs. We’re going to have his back as well,” Maryland Governor Wes Moore …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a new rule against discrimination on the basis of gender identity in healthcare while he hears a lawsuit challenging it by 15 Republican-led states. The rule was finalized in May by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) …
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