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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – The group behind the successful U.S. Supreme Court challenge to race-conscious college admissions policies urged a federal judge on Thursday to block the U.S. Military Academy at West Point from considering race when evaluating candidates to attend the elite military school. A lawyer for Students for Fair Admissions, a non-profit …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Thursday it is “very concerned” about reports that Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine convicted of espionage in Russia, feels under physical threat. “We’re very concerned as we hear those accounts from Paul,” John Kirby, a spokesperson for the White House, told reporters. “We will continue to …

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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress left Washington this week for an extended holiday break with several key issues unsettled including emergency aid for Ukraine and tighter border security, setting the stage for a complicated January. Lawmakers will face two government-shutdown deadlines and continue efforts to write one piece of legislation that …

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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – California filed a lawsuit against Kroger Co subsidiary Ralph’s Grocery Co on Thursday, accusing it of violating state law by screening out hundreds of job applicants based on their criminal history. The lawsuit, filed in state court by the California Civil Rights Department (CRD), accuses Ralph’s of flouting a 2018 …

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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – A California law that would have banned the carrying of guns in most public places as of Jan. 1 was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney of the Central District of California wrote in his preliminary injunction that the law would “unconstitutionally deprive” …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Wednesday it was working with Mexico’s government to resolve issues that led the Biden administration on Monday to close two rail crossings at the Texas-Mexico border used by increasing numbers of migrants to enter the U.S. Dozens of major U.S. agricultural groups on Wednesday urged the U.S. to …

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By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican lawmaker Marco Rubio on Wednesday urged the Biden administration to sanction Chinese chip design firm Brite Semiconductor over its ties to China’s top sanctioned chipmaker and its work for Chinese military suppliers. Reuters reported last week that Brite Semiconductor offers chip design services to at least six Chinese military …

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By James Oliphant and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The latest legal challenge to Donald Trump’s campaign for a second term as president seems likely to hand the 2024 Republican frontrunner even more firepower in his quest to win his party’s nomination. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the former president was barred …

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