By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of 12 bipartisan senators said on Friday they are making a new legislative effort to make daylight saving time permanent and end the twice-annual changing of clocks. In March 2022, the U.S. Senate passed legislation that would have made daylight saving time permanent starting in 2023. But …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Friday appeared open to debating Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after Trump challenged the Democrat to debates “anytime, anywhere, anyplace.” “It depends on his behavior,” Biden said. The comment, made to reporters as he departed Washington for Philadelphia, meant that he did not rule out debating Trump before …
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A federal appeals court has upheld a Texas law mandating that pornography websites verify that their users are adults, though it struck down a part of the law requiring them to display health warnings about their content. The 2-1 decision from the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late …
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By Nathan Layne and Alexandra Ulmer HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) -Donald Trump cemented his grip on the Republican National Committee on Friday after his daughter-in-law and another ally assumed top leadership posts amid a debate among members over whether the organization should help pay his legal bills. RNC members meeting in Houston voted to appoint North …
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By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – The U.S. centrist political group No Labels on Friday decided it will name a presidential ticket in the coming days, but leaders cautioned they may never find viable candidates willing to join a third-party bid. After months of fundraising and scrambling to get on state ballots around the country, some …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday revived corruption charges against former New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin, who prosecutors accused of funneling a $50,000 state grant to a now-deceased developer in exchange for campaign contributions. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said prosecutors “sufficiently alleged …
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By Jeff Mason, Gabriella Borter and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday laid out his case for re-election in a fiery State of the Union speech that accused Donald Trump of threatening democracy, kowtowing to Russia and torpedoing a bill to tackle U.S. immigration woes. In a 68-minute address to Congress, Biden, …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt, Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Thursday attacked former President Donald Trump’s vision for America, criticized Israel and was challenged on immigration in his last State of the Union speech before the two men face off in the November U.S. election. Here are some takeaways from the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech on Thursday evening aimed to remind Americans how the economy has recovered since the COVID-19 pandemic, and draw a sharp contrast between himself and Republican candidate Donald Trump. Biden, 81, did not mention Trump, 77, by name, but he made clear jabs at Trump …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it had resolved an issue with its website and related domains that caused them to temporarily go down on Thursday. A DHS official said there was “no indication of malicious action” in the outage, which occurred during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address …
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