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Trump asks appeals court to overturn ruling on Georgia prosecutor

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Friday asked a Georgia appeals court to disqualify the district attorney prosecuting him for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat in the state for a romantic relationship the prosecutor had with a former top deputy. The legal filing from the Republican presidential candidate and eight co-defendants …

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Haley voters: Trump doesn’t want you, new Biden ad says

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is appealing directly to supporters of former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, who was the last major opponent to Donald Trump before she withdrew from the race earlier this month. “Nikki Haley voters, Donald Trump doesn’t want your vote,” Biden said in a social media …

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Texas appeals court acquits woman convicted of illegally voting in 2016

(Reuters) – A Texas appeals court on Thursday reversed its prior ruling and acquitted a woman who had been sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to vote in the 2016 election against state law, after a higher court ordered it to reconsider. Crystal Mason was convicted of illegally voting two years after that …

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US provides Maryland $60 million to start rebuild of collapsed Baltimore bridge

By David Shepardson and Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – The U.S. government awarded the state of Maryland an initial $60 million in emergency funds on Thursday to clear debris and begin rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, an extraordinarily fast disbursement after such a disaster. The bridge came tumbling down early on Tuesday …

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Protesters interrupt Biden, Obama, Clinton at $25 million New York fundraiser

By Jeff Mason NEW YORK (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, headlined a star-studded fundraiser with former President Bill Clinton on Thursday, offering a robust defense of the White House’s handling of the Gaza crisis as protesters interrupted the event. Biden, who traveled with Obama on Air Force One to New …

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Immigrants killed in Baltimore bridge collapse died doing job ‘others do not want to do’

By Gabriella Borter BALTIMORE (Reuters) -They came to the United States for a chance at a better life. They found work filling pot holes on a bridge in the middle of the night, and they ended up dead in the Baltimore harbor. The six victims of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse were all immigrants …

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Obama, Clinton on why Americans don’t love the Biden economy

By Jeff Mason NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton dug into an issue that has vexed economists, political strategists and the White House on Thursday – if the U.S.’s fiscal numbers are so good, why are Americans so unhappy about the economy? Speaking at a high-dollar fundraiser for President Joe …

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Texas judge transfers lawsuit over card fees to Washington, D.C

By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – A federal judge in a Texas court that has become a favorite for conservative challenges to Biden administration policies transferred a lawsuit challenging a rule curbing credit card late fees to a court in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman said half of the business groups that …

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Trump can’t match Biden’s 2024 fundraising, Republican’s campaign says

By Tim Reid and Nathan Layne (Reuters) – Donald Trump will be unable to match President Joe Biden’s fundraising totals in this year’s presidential election race, the Republican candidate’s campaign said on Thursday. “We’re never gonna be able to raise dollar for dollar with Biden,” a Trump campaign adviser said in a call with reporters. …

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AI fails to detect depression signs in social media posts by Black Americans, study finds

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – Analyzing social media using artificial intelligence may pick up signals of depression in white Americans but not in Black counterparts, according to a study that highlights the risk of training AI models for healthcare-related tasks without data from diverse racial and ethnic groups. The AI model used for the study …

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