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By Andy Sullivan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress on Sunday unveiled a short-term spending bill that would avert a partial government shutdown and keep federal agencies operating into March. The agreement aims to avert short-term chaos and buy more time to craft the complex spending legislation that …

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By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) – U.S. natural gas output fell to a preliminary 11-month low on Sunday as frigid weather froze wells across the country, while gas demand for heating and power generation was on track to hit record highs. In Texas the state’s power grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), forecast …

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By Megan Davies DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Business and governments are doing a poor job of managing and regulating new technologies, a survey of people ahead of this week’s World Economic Forum’s annual meeting has found. The Edelman survey, released as the WEF meeting is set to begin under the theme “Rebuilding Trust”, found 39% …

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The NFL playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills will not be pushed back a second time, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Sunday while treacherous weather continued to pound the Buffalo area. The AFC wild-card game was initially scheduled for Sunday in Orchard Park, N.Y., but was pushed back to Monday at …

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(Reuters) – The principal of a school in a small Iowa town who was injured during a shooting on campus at the beginning of the month died on Sunday, his family said. Dan Marburger, had been principal at Perry High School since 1995, suffered serious injuries on Jan. 4 as he helped pupils and staff …

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(Reuters) – Donald Trump should not be forced to testify as to his own guilt or face strict warnings about crossing red lines in his remarks should the former U.S. president choose to testify in a defamation trial set to begin this week, his legal team argued on Sunday. Trump is due to face a …

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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said on Sunday Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s doctor’s think he may still need some additional care. “We’ll see, you know, when he can be released, but obviously they still feel like he may need some additional care…part of that is just physical …

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