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By Steve Holland and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When a group of visiting political advisers sought to persuade then-Senator Joe Biden to run for president in 2004, his wife Jill sat poolside at their home, fuming. Finally, she took action. She drew the word “NO” in ink in large letters on her stomach and …

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By Brendan O’Brien and Rich McKay (Reuters) – A huge swath of the United States will experience dangerously high temperatures on Wednesday – just ahead of the long Fourth of July weekend – meteorologists said, while a fast-moving California wildfire has forced thousands of residents to evacuate their homes. Some 110 million people in 21 …

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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Raul Grijalva became the second congressional Democrat to call for President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race on Wednesday, adding to the fallout from his shaky performance at Thursday’s debate. “If he’s the candidate, I’m going to support him, but I think that this is an …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump has established a sizable lead over President Joe Biden in the White House race since the two candidates debated last week, according to separate opinion polls published on Wednesday by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Biden vowed to stay in the 2024 presidential race during a …

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By Ismail Shakil and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House dismissed as “absolutely false” a New York Times report on Wednesday that said U.S. President Joe Biden had told an ally he was weighing whether to continue his bid for reelection in November. The report was based on a conversation the Times said Biden …

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By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Law firms are capitalizing on client uncertainty sparked by a flurry of new U.S. Supreme Court rulings that favored opponents of federal agency powers, even as lawyers themselves differ on the decisions’ immediate and long-term effects. Within hours of the decisions, major U.S. law firms began sending out client-focused emails …

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By Shariq Khan NEW YORK (Reuters) -High fuel costs and the threat of a hurricane are not expected to dampen Americans’ desire to hit the road this summer, with vacationers preparing for record travel to kick off Fourth of July holiday festivities. Motorist group AAA expects a record of almost 71 million people to travel …

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