By Tim Reid (Reuters) – Donald Trump won the North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses on Monday, according to a projection by Edison Research, ahead of a slew of contests known as Super Tuesday when he is expected to further strengthen his grip on the party’s presidential nomination. In North Dakota former President Trump easily defeated …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Monday held that a Florida law championed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis that banned mandatory workplace diversity training that promotes progressive concepts violates employers’ constitutional free speech rights. A three-judge panel of the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court judge’s ruling …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday temporarily blocked a judicial decision that would let a Texas law take effect to give state officials broad powers to arrest, prosecute and order the removal of people who illegally cross the border from Mexico. Alito issued his order – requested by Democratic …
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By Nandita Bose MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -The “uncommitted” movement to pressure U.S. President Joe Biden to change his policy on Israel has landed in Minnesota, where activists hope a coalition of progressive Democrats and Muslim Americans will fuel a strong protest vote on Super Tuesday. Minnesota is not a battleground state, given Democrats’ historic strength there, …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a court on Monday to reject a prosecution request for a gag order at his March 25 criminal trial over hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, arguing it would infringe on his right to free speech. “President Trump’s political opponents have, and …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak said on Monday it will boost passenger services on the East Coast as it aims to double ridership nationwide by 2040. The railroad is increasing Northeast Regional service between Boston and Washington by as much as 20% on weekdays and will add 1 million additional seats …
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By Costas Pitas (Reuters) -Super Tuesday could be former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s last chance to stop former U.S. President Donald Trump’s drive to clinch the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Fifteen states hold the party’s nominating contests on March 5, the biggest day of primaries, when more than a third of delegates will be assigned …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard charged with leaking classified military documents on a social media platform, pleaded guilty on Monday to carrying out one of the most serious U.S. national security breaches in years. Teixeira, who has remained in custody since his arrest last April, …
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(Reuters) – A civilian U.S. Air Force employee has been charged with disclosing classified defense information to a woman he met on a foreign online dating platform, the Justice Department said on Monday. David Franklin Slater, 63, was taken into custody in Nebraska on Friday on a three-count federal indictment. He was expected to make …
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By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Monday that she and President Joe Biden are in synch about Israel policy, after her blunt comments calling for a ceasefire and declaring a “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza sparked questions about their positions. During a trip to Alabama on Sunday Harris urged …
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