By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden disclosed a little-changed personal financial situation in 2023, though his book royalties fell, cash in his bank account decreased and the amount he owed on a home equity loan rose, federal documents showed. Biden and his wife Jill Biden reported total assets between …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court restored a Louisiana electoral map that has two of the state’s six congressional districts with Black-majority populations for use in the Nov. 5 election – a ruling on Wednesday with potential implications for which party will control the U.S. House of Representatives. The justices granted a …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Wednesday urged a U.S. appeals court to rule that Texas cannot keep a 1,000-foot-long floating barrier in the Rio Grande, one in a series of measures taken by the Republican-led state to deter illegal border crossings. The full New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An increasing number of foreign actors, including non-state actors, are seeking to influence U.S. elections, and Russia, China and Iran, while the most significant, are far from alone, U.S. officials told a Senate committee on Wednesday. “Specifically, Russia remains the most active foreign threat to our elections,” Director of National …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal prosecutor portrayed Democratic U.S. Senator Robert Menendez at the start of his corruption trial as a greedy politician willing to help foreign governments and disrupt local criminal probes in exchange for bribes, including gold bars. The prosecutor, Lara Pomerantz, told jurors on Wednesday that New Jersey’s senior …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of House Republicans on Wednesday proposed legislation that would hike U.S. tariffs on Chinese-made drones by 30% and bar imports of drones that contain critical components made in China by 2030. The legislation led by Representative Elise Stefanik would also create a new grant program for first responders, …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Southwest and Texas are at an increased risk of power supply shortfalls during times of peak demand this summer due to rising electricity consumption and supply constraints, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation said on Wednesday. Parts of the Midwest and New England are also under elevated threat of …
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By Steve Holland and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday imposed visa restrictions on more than 250 members of the Nicaraguan government and levied sanctions on three Nicaraguan entities in retaliation for “repressive actions” and a failure to stem migrant smuggling through the Central American country. Senior administration officials told reporters that …
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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices increased less than expected in April, suggesting that inflation resumed its downward trend at the start of the second quarter in a boost to financial market expectations for a September interest rate cut. Hopes of the Federal Reserve starting its easing cycle this year were further …
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By Rich McKay and Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – A bus carrying farm laborers in northern Florida collided with a pickup truck on Tuesday and overturned, killing at least eight people and critically injuring eight others, authorities said. The driver of the pickup truck, Bryan Maclean Howard, was arrested by Florida Highway Patrol troopers on eight …
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