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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Democrats began collecting signatures on Tuesday for a potential bid to sidestep Republican Speaker Mike Johnson and force a vote on a $95 billion security assistance package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. A spokesperson for Representative Jim McGovern, the top Democrat on the powerful House …

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(Reuters) – White House officials met with UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty and others in the industry on Tuesday to discuss a hack at the healthcare conglomerate’s tech unit that has disrupted operations across the United States. The meeting was the first to bring together providers such as hospitals and payers such as health insurers, …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. federal judiciary on Tuesday adopted a new policy aimed at curtailing “judge shopping” by state attorneys general, activists and companies who file lawsuits challenging government policies in courthouses where one or two sympathetic judges hear most cases. The U.S. Judicial Conference, the judiciary’s policymaking body, at a meeting in …

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By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – A coalition of progressive groups is asking U.S. President Joe Biden and other Democratic Party officials to not accept endorsements or contributions from a pro-Israel group and its affiliated super PACs. The “Reject AIPAC” coalition, which includes congressional group Justice Democrats and the Democratic Socialists of America group, …

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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Florida and LGBTQ advocates on Monday settled a lawsuit over a state law on classroom instruction that grants teachers freedom to discuss sexual orientation and gender identity while also shielding the youngest students from those topics. Both sides claimed victory. Equality Florida, one of the rights groups that sued to …

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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday finalized a rule requiring meat, poultry, or eggs labeled as a U.S. product to come from animals born, raised, slaughtered, and processed in the country. The rule, proposed last March, is a victory for U.S. ranchers who argued for years that …

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