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(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity tossed out one plank of the federal criminal case involving former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss and could exclude other aspects of the case, too. Here is a look at how Monday’s ruling could affect the evidence available to prosecutors. …

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By Liya Cui NEW YORK (Reuters) – The last two living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa massacre called on Tuesday for a federal investigation into attacks by a white mob that killed hundreds of Black Americans in Oklahoma. Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109, and Viola Fletcher, 110, condemned the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision last month to …

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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Representative Bob Good, the leader of a hardline House group, lost a Virginia primary for his seat to state Senator John McGuire, who was endorsed by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Good, chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, immediately demanded a recount. McGuire, a former Navy …

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By Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Just weeks after a U.S. appeals court blocked a Black-owned venture capitalist from funding women-of-color-led businesses, the ruling has had a chilling effect across the small industry of diversity-focused venture capital funds, according to founders, investors and lawyers who spoke to Reuters. The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …

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By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Ted Rossman was at Newark Airport in New Jersey the other day, he got a shock along with his sandwich. Rossman, a senior industry analyst for financial information site Bankrate, went to a self-serve kiosk for a snack before a flight, scanned the item himself, and was …

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(Reuters) – Native American activist Leonard Peltier was denied parole on Tuesday after serving nearly five decades in federal prison in the 1975 killing of two FBI agents, a conviction that his supporters say was tainted by prosecutorial misconduct. Peltier, a member of the militant American Indian Movement in the 1970s, was part of a …

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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity set a “dangerous precedent” that could turn presidents into kings and called on the American people to “dissent” by rejecting Donald Trump in November’s election. In clear, measured remarks from the White House, Biden said the …

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