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By Kat Stafford and Jayla Whitfield-Anderson ATLANTA (Reuters) – Much has changed since Wanda Mosley helped galvanize thousands of Black voters across the battleground state of Georgia to help clinch the 2020 general election for U.S. President Joe Biden. Excited to head to the polls then, some Black voters now feel disillusioned by a surge …

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By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States must employ “all the tools at our disposal” to outcompete China, a top U.S. State Department official said on Monday, as the Biden administration unveiled its budget request for the 2025 fiscal year. The request includes $4 billion over five years in mandatory …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty on Monday to a new indictment charging him with obstruction of justice, as the embattled Democratic lawmaker’s corruption trial draws near. Menendez entered the plea at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein in Manhattan. CONTEXT Menendez was charged last year …

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By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon plans to spend about $500 million annually on the plan to network and task thousands of cheap, smart combat drones for any future conflict, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said on Monday. The Pentagon’s “Replicator” program, announced last year, is an ambitious effort to quickly muster and …

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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s proposed U.S. government budget would raise tax receipts by $4.951 trillion over 10 years, including more than $2.7 trillion in tax hikes on businesses and nearly $2 trillion on wealthy individuals and estates, the U.S. Treasury said on Monday. The budget plan also calls for an …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration said Monday it is seeking funding from Congress to hire another 2,000 air traffic controllers in the 2025 budget year after a series of near-miss incidents. A persistent shortage of controllers has delayed flights and, at many facilities, controllers are working mandatory overtime and six-day weeks to …

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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A federal judge blocked Washington state from enforcing most of a law intended to boost oversight and improve living conditions at the state’s only privately run, for-profit immigration detention facility. Friday’s preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle will benefit Geo Group, the owner of the Northwest Immigration and …

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