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By Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s reelection team held difficult phone calls on Sunday and Monday with important campaign funders who questioned whether the 81-year-old Democrat should stay in the presidential race and why they should keep donating after his dismal debate performance last week. The campaign’s National …

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(Reuters) – Flights into and out of Newark airport, that serves many New Yorkers, will be slowed due to traffic controller staffing issues at a control center, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday. (Reporting by David Shepardson and Costas Pitas)

By Jack Queen (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday that Donald Trump cannot be prosecuted for his official acts as president plunges a major criminal case against him into doubt and all but assures he will not face trial before the Nov. 5 election. Here are some takeaways from the decision: PRESIDENTS …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court allowed President Joe Biden’s administration to move forward with implementing a key part of a new student debt relief plan designed to lower monthly payments for millions of Americans. The Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sunday put on hold an injunction issued by a …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity leaves Judge Tanya Chutkan to determine how much of the federal criminal case involving Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 election can survive. The 6-3 ruling on Monday, with the court’s conservatives in the majority, …

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By Simon Lewis and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday responded to criticism of President Joe Biden’s performance in last week’s debate, saying his policies over the past 3-1/2 years have boosted confidence in American leadership in the world. With global media outlets expressing alarm at Biden’s debate …

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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped making a decision on the legality of Republican-backed laws in Florida and Texas designed to restrict the power of social media companies to curb content that the platforms deem objectionable. The justices unanimously threw out separate judicial decisions involving challenges brought by tech …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Steve Bannon, an influential Donald Trump ally, reported to prison on Monday to serve a four-month sentence after he was convicted for defying a congressional subpoena from the committee that probed the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack. A defiant Bannon arrived at a low-security federal prison in Danbury, …

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