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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Voters over age 50 in the key battleground state of Arizona strongly favor Donald Trump in November’s election rematch, a new poll from the U.S.’s largest organization for older Americans shows, highlighting a potential new weakness in Democrat Joe Biden’s support. Arizona voters overall favor Republican Trump over Biden by 45% to 37%, …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Sarah McBride could be elected the first transgender member of the U.S. House of Representatives in the Nov. 5 election, after her primary rival in deeply Democratic Delaware dropped out of the race on Wednesday. A member of the Delaware state assembly, McBride now faces a clear field in the Sept. …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s lawyers urged the judge who oversaw his hush money trial to lift a gag order now that he has been convicted, arguing his opponents were using the restrictions on the former U.S. president’s speech as a “political sword.”   In a court filing earlier this week, defense …

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By Rollo Ross ROSAMOND, California (Reuters) – For stunt women, Hollywood does not have a good track record, particularly when it comes to driving. That has prompted a group of women to form the Association of Women Drivers, the first ever stunt group for professional female drivers. Olivia Summers, who spearheaded the organization, has been …

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By Steve Keating (Reuters) -Jerry West, widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all-time whose silhouette was the inspiration for the National Basketball Association’s logo, has died at the age of 86. The Los Angeles Clippers, where he worked as an executive, confirmed the death on Wednesday, saying the 14-times NBA all-star …

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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed David Rosner, a Democrat, and Lindsay See, a Republican, as members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The tally on Rosner, a FERC energy industry analyst currently an aide with the U.S. Senate energy committee, was 68 to 26 in the 100-member Senate. His …

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