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(Refiles to add a dropped word in paragraph 11) By Ted Hesson NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York State’s attorney general on Wednesday urged the public to submit photos, videos and other documentation of federal immigration operations to her office for review, a day after a high-profile raid targeted Manhattan street vendors. Attorney General Letitia James said …

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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than half of Americans, including about three in 10 Republicans, believe President Donald Trump is using federal law enforcement to go after his enemies, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that also found growing concern about U.S. political divisions nine months into his second term in office. Some 55% …

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By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) -North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a new congressional map on Wednesday aimed at securing the party another seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, expanding President Donald Trump’s campaign to use partisan redistricting to help Republicans keep control of Congress in next year’s midterm elections. The state’s previous map, …

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By Jeff Mason, Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he expected to reach agreements with Chinese President Xi Jinping when they meet in South Korea next week that could range from resumed soybean purchases by Beijing to limits on nuclear weapons. Trump told reporters in the Oval …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration said on Wednesday it struck a deal with the University of Virginia that required the school to adopt its legal view on diversity, equity and inclusion in exchange for a pause on civil rights investigations and continued eligibility for federal funding. The agreement, made public by the …

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By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -A divided U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Donald Trump can send National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon, despite objections by the leaders of the city and state, giving the Republican president an important legal victory as he dispatches military forces to a growing number of Democratic-led locales. A three-judge …

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By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon concluded a marathon speech opposing Republican President Donald Trump’s agenda on Wednesday, the 22nd day of a government shutdown. “The president believes that he is the king of this country and that he can control everything, regardless of what the law says …

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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Energy expects to begin announcing by December 31 which companies will take about 19.7 metric tons of surplus Cold War-era plutonium for eventual processing into nuclear reactor fuel, a document showed on Wednesday. Reuters reported in August that the Trump administration planned to offer the weapons-grade …

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