By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – A super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s presidential campaign received $5 million in April from Timothy Mellon, the latest donation the 81-year-old banking heir has made to the independent candidate, according to a monthly filing released on Monday. The donation from Mellon, who has been a key …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ford Motor Co said on Monday it backs the Biden administration’s moves to dramatically cut vehicle emissions through 2032, rejecting Republican arguments the new climate rules are bad for business. The second largest U.S. automaker said it supports the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations announced in March to cut passenger vehicle …
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(Reuters) -Ivan Boesky, the financier who gave birth to the “greed is good” mantra before going to prison in one of the biggest Wall Street insider trading scandals of the 1980s, has died at the age of 87, the New York Times reported on Monday. Boesky, who partly inspired the Gordon Gekko character in the …
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By Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s lawyers asked the judge overseeing his criminal hush money trial on Monday to dismiss the case before it reaches the jury, arguing the testimony of star witness Michael Cohen was not credible given his criminal record and history of lying. Justice Juan …
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By Ted Hesson and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About half of U.S. voters oppose putting immigrants in the country illegally into detention camps while awaiting deportation, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, suggesting Americans may be wary of harsher enforcement plans Donald Trump is considering. Some 54% of registered voters opposed the use of detention …
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(Reuters) -U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday the Senate would once again try to pass a bipartisan border security bill this week after a previous attempt failed when enough Republicans withdrew their support at the urging of former President Donald Trump. “I hope Republicans and Democrats can work together to pass the …
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By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three former U.S. foreign policy officials in Donald Trump’s administration met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other public figures in Israel on Monday, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The delegation was comprised of Robert O’Brien, who served as Trump’s fourth and final national …
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(Reuters) -Recovery teams refloated a huge cargo vessel impeding shipping in the Port of Baltimore early on Monday and pulled it free of the main channel, two months after the boat crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge and caused the span to collapse. Tugboats led the Dali to a local marine terminal after a …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a Canadian former Guantanamo Bay detainee’s bid to vacate his convictions for the 2002 murder of an American soldier in Afghanistan and other crimes he committed at age 15 to which he later pleaded guilty. The justices declined to hear an appeal …
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CANNES, France (Reuters) – “The Apprentice”, Iran-born director Ali Abbasi’s much-anticipated drama of a young Donald Trump’s ascendancy as a New York real estate mogul, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday. Part of the pull of the film is its timing, as Trump, now 77, looks to win another term as U.S. president …
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