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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday defended himself against White House and Democratic criticism that he should have stopped a special counsel from discussing President Joe Biden’s memory in a report on the president’s handling of classified documents. Special Counsel Robert Hur wrote that Biden, 81, might appear to …

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(Reuters) – A third man was charged on Thursday with murder after a gunfight on the fringe of a Super Bowl victory rally in Kansas City, Missouri, last month killed one person and wounded more than 20 others in a quarrel over eye contact, prosecutors said. Terry Young, 20, faces second-degree murder, unlawful use of …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Foreign policy provisions in the $1.2 trillion spending plan unveiled by U.S. congressional leaders on Thursday included billions of dollars in military spending, concessions to Israel and a long-awaited extension of PEPFAR, a life-saving program to fight AIDS. As Reuters reported on Tuesday, the State Department appropriations bill continues …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nearly 70 former U.S. officials, diplomats and military officers on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to warn Israel of serious consequences if it denies civil rights and basic necessities to Palestinians and expands settlement activity in the occupied West Bank. “The United States must be willing to take concrete action to oppose” …

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By Jason Lange and Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A fundraising group run by Donald Trump, who is facing four criminal trials as he seeks the U.S. presidency, stepped up spending on legal fees last month, further draining money from efforts to return him to the White House, financial disclosures showed on Wednesday. In a filing …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden announced Thursday that $6 billion in student loans would be canceled for 78,000 borrowers, bringing his administration’s total student debt cancellation to nearly $150 billion. Biden, a Democrat, last year pledged to find other avenues for tackling debt relief after the Supreme Court in June blocked his broader …

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LOS ANGELES/SEOUL (Reuters) – Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter Ippei Mizuhara has been fired by the team amid allegations he had engaged in “massive theft” from the player to pay off gambling debts, multiple news outlets reported. Ohtani’s attorneys told the LA Times that Mizuhara had used the ballplayer’s funds to pay off …

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By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – UNICEF, the U.N. children’s agency, helps children in 190 countries and territories all over the planet. But as president and CEO of its American branch, UNICEF USA, Michael Nyenhuis has a favorite spot closer to home: Minnesota’s Minneapolis and St. Paul. The longtime philanthropy executive (and Minnesota native) …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday asked the Biden administration to impose higher tariffs on Chinese drones, including those shipped from other countries, and new incentives to boost U.S. drone manufacturers. Representative Mike Gallagher, chairman of the House China committee, the panel’s top Democrat, Raja Krishnamoorthi, and 11 …

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