By Nathan Layne and David Lawder LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told a rally in Las Vegas on Sunday that he would seek to end taxation of income from tips, a direct appeal to service workers in the swing state of Nevada, which polls suggest is leaning his way ahead of the …
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By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration is prepared to defend in court the sweeping asylum policy put into place at the U.S.-Mexico border last week, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday that generally bars migrants who illegally cross the …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border dropped on Friday, a senior U.S. border official told Reuters, saying it signaled a restrictive new Biden administration policy was deterring some illegal immigration. U.S. Border Patrol arrested around 3,100 people crossing illegally, down roughly 20% from the days …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump will have a virtual interview with a New York City Probation Department official on Monday following his conviction of 34 felony counts of falsifying documents, the New York Times reported Sunday. The mandatory interview comes as that department prepares a sentencing recommendation for the judge. Trump is scheduled …
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By Alexandra Ulmer SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump presented himself as a champion for cryptocurrency and slammed Democrats’ attempts to regulate the sector during a San Francisco fundraiser on Thursday, three sources present told Reuters. Trump raised $12 million from the fundraiser hosted by tech venture capitalists David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya …
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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices reported receiving gifts including a stay in a Bali hotel and tickets to a Beyoncé concert, as well as nearly $1.6 million in book advances and royalties in annual financial disclosure forms for 2023 released on Friday. Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, who has come under criticism …
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By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States may have to deploy more strategic nuclear weapons in coming years to deter growing threats from Russia, China and other adversaries, a senior White House aide said on Friday. Pranay Vaddi, the top National Security Council arms control official, made his comments in a speech on “a …
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By Jonathan Allen and Steve Gorman NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state lawmakers on Friday passed legislation to bar social media platforms from exposing “addictive” algorithmic content to users under age 18 without parental consent, becoming the latest of several states moving to limit online risks to children. A companion bill to restrict online …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Pro-Palestinian activists demanding an end to the war in Gaza and to American support for Israel plan to surround the White House during a weekend protest, prompting additional security measures, including anti-scale fencing. Advocacy and activist groups like CODEPINK and the Council on American Islamic Relations said on Friday that …
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By Jeff Mason POINTE DU HOC, France (Reuters) -Atop the cliff that U.S. Army Rangers scaled 80 years ago on D-Day, President Joe Biden on Friday compared the threats posed by Nazi Germany to those facing the world today by dictators and authoritarianism, and urged Americans to resist isolationism. Biden’s speech in Normandy, his second …
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