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By Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt DEARBORN, Michigan/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign faces an arduous task uniting his party after Michigan Democrats waged a massive protest vote over his support of Israel’s military campaign against Hamas in Gaza. With 95% of the votes counted, Biden won Tuesday’s primary with 81%, but 13%, or …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers struck a government funding deal on Wednesday that includes six appropriations bills as well as a measure that would push government shutdown deadlines later into March, Politico reported, citing an unnamed congressional aide. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil and Rami Ayyub)

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Wednesday celebrated large drops in crime rates across the U.S. last year during a White House meeting with police chiefs from major cities which suffered sharp spikes in homicides and violent crime during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event offered Biden the opportunity to thwart criticism …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden received an annual physical examination at a military hospital in suburban Maryland on Wednesday and declared himself “squared away” amid concerns over his age as the 81-year-old seeks re-election in November. Dressed in a suit, Biden left the White House early on …

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(Reuters) – U.S. former President Donald Trump easily won the Republican presidential primary in Michigan on Tuesday, further strengthening his grip on the party’s White House nomination while Nikki Haley, his last remaining rival, came in a distant second, Edison Research projected. (Reporting by Tim Reid; Editing by Howard Goller)

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday ruled that a $1.7 trillion government funding bill was unconstitutionally passed in 2022 through a pandemic-era rule that allowed lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives to vote by proxy rather than in person. U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix in Lubbock reached that …

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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – Prosecutors on Tuesday focused on how live rounds got onto the set of “Rust,” questioning a detective who said the film’s armorer was mistaken when she said the live round used in a fatal shooting came from an ammunition box provided by a props supplier. On day four of armorer …

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