(Reuters) – Officer “Grinch” was in a generous spirit in the days ahead of Christmas. Colonel Lou Caputo of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office donned the Grinch costume and worked with other deputies to pull over speeding drivers on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway at Key Largo. Those who were only a little over the …
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By Gram Slattery CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (Reuters) – Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley has risen in opinion polls in recent months largely on the back of college-educated, affluent, suburban professionals, many of whom have tired of Donald Trump’s caustic rhetoric and legal troubles. If the former South Carolina governor is to ascend any further and …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he was “heartbroken” by the news that an American named Gadi Haggai is believed to have been killed by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Oct. 7 when it attacked Israel. Haggai, a 73-year-old Israeli-American man, was previously thought to have been taken hostage …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday reopened two rail crossings between Texas and Mexico vital for exports, five days after their closure in response to increased migrant traffic, and new U.S. data showed migrant numbers at the southern U.S. border remained high last month. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said …
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(Reuters) – The Wisconsin Supreme court on Friday ordered that legislative maps designed by the Republican-controlled legislature be redrawn, handing Democrats a victory in what has become a key political battleground state. The Supreme Court justices, in a 21-page ruling, sided with the left-leaning nonprofit group Law Forward, which sued to overturn the maps as …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to immediately decide former President Donald Trump’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat, allowing a lower court to continue reviewing the issue. The justices, rebuffing an extraordinary request by U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith, refused …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that COVID subvariant JN.1 accounts for 39% to 50% of cases in the United States as of Dec. 23, according to the agency’s projections. This is an increase from the estimated 15% to 29% of cases in the United States, the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Friday signed the U.S. defense policy bill into law after the legislation passed Congress last week, the White House said. The legislation includes a record $886 billion in annual military spending and authorizes policies such as aid for Ukraine and push-back against China in the Indo-Pacific. (Reporting by …
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By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump urged two Michigan election officials not to certify Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the state following the 2020 presidential election, personally calling them in a pressure campaign reminiscent of his Georgia tactics, the Detroit News reported. In a Nov. 17, 2020, phone call, the then-president told two fellow …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – If Republican frontrunner Donald Trump wins the 2024 U.S. election it could harm the global effort to fight climate change, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an interview aired on Friday. Trump, who denies the science of climate change, said last week that if elected he would renege on a $3 …
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