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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a U.S. Justice Department attempt to revive a lawsuit accusing casino mogul Steve Wynn of lobbying then-President Donald Trump on behalf of China. Wynn, the former CEO of Wynn Resorts and finance chair of the Republican National Committee, no longer had an obligation …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, agreed to drop a lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani and Giuliani’s former lawyer Robert Costello in which he accused the pair of violating his privacy over data allegedly taken from his laptop, court records showed on Thursday. Hunter Biden had accused Giuliani, who …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal judge in Louisiana on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing in four states a new rule that protects LGBT students from discrimination based on their gender identity in schools and colleges. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in Monroe issued a preliminary injunction barring a U.S. Department of …

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(Reuters) – A Texas man was charged on Thursday with threatening to jail or “slaughter” an FBI agent over the criminal case against President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, federal prosecutors said. Timothy Muller, 43, was charged in a criminal complaint with making threatening communications across state lines and “influencing, impeding or retaliating” against a …

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By Douglas Gillison and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero, a Democratic member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to replace Martin Gruenberg as chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the White House said on Thursday. The intended nomination from the White House comes after …

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By Rich McKay (Reuters) -More torrential downpours deluged South Florida on Thursday, adding to more than a foot (30 cm) of rain that fell on parts of the state this week and leading forecasters to issue flood watches or warnings for an area where 8 million people reside. Some areas, including portions of Broward and …

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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday keeping the abortion drug mifepristone on the market with no new restrictions ends one chapter of the legal fight over the drug, but efforts by abortion opponents to restrict its use may not be over. In rejecting a lawsuit by anti-abortion medical groups and …

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By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) -Families of the Sandy Hook massacre victims want to seize Alex Jones’ social media accounts in his bankruptcy, saying that the conspiracy theorist’s frequent posts to fans are a key part of the Infowars business being liquidated to pay Jones’ debts. Jones, who filed for bankruptcy protection 17 months ago, …

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