By Nathan Layne (Reuters) -A group of Michigan Republicans voted on Saturday to remove Kristina Karamo as state party chairperson after months of infighting and slow fundraising raised concerns her leadership would hurt the party’s chances in the key swing state in 2024. Karamo, a former community college instructor and grassroots activist who was elevated …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson on Saturday invited President Joe Biden to give the State of the Union address on March 7. Johnson, a Republican, said in a letter to Biden, a Democrat, it was his duty to send the invite “in this moment of great challenge for our …
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By Gram Slattery SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (Reuters) -Donald Trump used his first visit to Iowa this year to attack Republican competitor Nikki Haley and to hit back against Democratic President Joe Biden, who denounced him as a threat to American democracy earlier on Friday. Speaking to a crowd of several hundred supporters just 10 days …
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By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland VALLEY FORGE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Joe Biden on Friday accused Republican Donald Trump, his likely 2024 election opponent, of instigating the Jan. 6 attacks and plotting revenge on those seeking to punish him, as the president put the future of U.S. democracy at the center of his bid for …
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VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden had scathing criticism of his likely 2024 election opponent Donald Trump and the Republicans who follow him in a speech on Friday commemorating the third anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Capitol by Trump loyalists. Here are key excerpts: U.S. DEMOCRACY’S FUTURE …
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By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of a judicial decision barring the former president from Colorado’s Republican primary ballot, taking up a politically explosive case with major implications for the 2024 presidential election. At issue is the Colorado Supreme Court’s Dec. …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – The late financier Jeffrey Epstein invoked his constitutional right against incriminating himself about 600 times in testimony for a lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexual abuse. Epstein’s refusal to answer questions in Giuffre’s lawsuit against his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell was disclosed in a …
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By Daniel Trotta and Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Wayne LaPierre resigned as leader of the National Rifle Association on Friday, ending a long career that saw it became one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington, only to have its prestige tarnished by graft accusations and a bankruptcy filing. LaPierre, 74, chief executive since 1991, steps …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday let Idaho enforce its near-total abortion ban in medical-emergency situations while also agreeing to hear the fight between state officials and President Joe Biden’s administration over the legality of the Republican-backed measure. The justices granted a request by Idaho officials to temporarily lift a …
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(Reuters) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that COVID subvariant JN.1 accounts for about 62% of cases in the U.S. as of Jan. 5, according to the agency’s projections. The agency said JN.1, which is an offspring of BA.2.86, is now the most widely circulated variant in the U.S. …
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