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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – U.S. manufacturing and chemical industry groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to block a federal rule announced this year setting the first-ever drinking water standard to protect people against toxic “forever chemicals.” The rule is intended to reduce exposure to the group of 15,000 chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl …

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By Curtis Williams HOUSTON (Reuters) -A U.S. regulator on Monday ordered liquefied natural gas developer Venture Global LNG to provide customers with documents about the mechanical problems and startup of a Louisiana plant. Venture Global LNG’s Calcasieu Pass plant has been at the center of a long-running dispute involving energy companies including BP, Shell and …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will testify before Congress on July 12, a day after former U.S. President Donald Trump is sentenced in his hush money case, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Republicans on the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee said on X they had also secured testimony from Matthew …

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(Reuters) – Former Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said on Monday that he posted a $10,000 bond in Arizona on charges he tried to subvert the 2020 election results in the state. Giuliani, a former New York mayor, said on his America’s Mayor Live social media show that he had posted his bond and had …

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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in a secret recording made public on Monday by a liberal activist can be heard agreeing with the sentiment that the U.S. should return “to a place of godliness.” Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the recording that activist Lauren …

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By Nora Eckert (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers union said on Monday it reached a tentative contract agreement with Ultium Cells in Lordstown, Ohio, where workers build electric vehicle batteries for General Motors. Ultium Cells is a joint venture between GM and LG Energy Solution. Hourly workers at the Ohio plant near Cleveland, which GM …

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By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Thousands of University of California academic workers who went on strike at six campuses protesting administrators’ response to pro-Palestinian protests returned to the job on Monday under court order, but their union vowed more protests to come. An Orange County Superior Court judge late on Friday granted a …

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