By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump won a bid on Monday to pause his $454 million civil fraud judgment if he posts a smaller $175 million bond within 10 days, in a victory for the former U.S. president that blocks New York state authorities from taking steps to seize his …
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By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative John Moolenaar, a Michigan Republican, will be the next chair of the House select committee on China, replacing Representative Mike Gallagher, who said last week he would step down from his office in Congress in April. House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement on Monday that …
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By Andrea Shalal and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Energy Department on Monday announced $6 billion in federal funding to subsidize 33 industrial projects in 20 states to cut carbon emissions, saying the investment would support well-paying union jobs and boost U.S. competitiveness. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will unveil the awards during a …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump faces a Monday deadline to post a bond covering a $454 million civil judgment against him in a New York state case, after a judge found he had overstated the value of his assets. His lawyers have told the court it is impossible for him to …
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By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Kennedy Center honored comedian Kevin Hart with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday with an evening that featured routines from fellow comics Dave Chappelle, Chelsea Handler and Jerry Seinfeld in tribute to Hart’s career. In a recorded show that will air on May 11 on …
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By Maria Caspani (Reuters) -A mountain lion killed a 21-year-old man and gravely wounded his younger brother on Saturday in the foothills of northern California’s Sierra Nevada, marking the first fatal cougar attack in the state in 20 years, authorities said. The two brothers were attacked as they were out collecting deer antlers in remote …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt PARKLAND, Florida (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday remembered the victims of a 2018 mass shooting at the Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people, pushing for states to strengthen laws on seizing firearms from high-risk people. “We have a duty to remember and a duty to bear …
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By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law a $1.2 trillion spending package, keeping the U.S. government funded through a fiscal year that began six months ago. Biden described the package, which Congress overwhelmingly passed in the early hours of Saturday, as investing in …
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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A $1.2 trillion government funding bill passed by Congress will allow the U.S. to lend up to $21 billion to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) trust to help the world’s poorest countries, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Saturday. Yellen said the funding would make the United States the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law a $1.2 trillion budget bill to keep the U.S. government funded through a fiscal year that began six months ago and to avert a partial shutdown, according to a statement released by the White House. “The bipartisan funding bill I just signed keeps the …
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