WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Big tech companies, like YouTube owner Alphabet among many others, would face further limits on how they use children’s data to beef up profits under a proposal put out by the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday. The FTC said in a notice of proposed rule-making that it was considering changing the Children’s …
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By Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s release of 30 U.S. and domestic prisoners in exchange for freedom for a key ally of President Nicolas Maduro represents an opportunity for Maduro to bolster his political strength ahead of elections next year, analysts said. Businessman Alex Saab was granted clemency by U.S. President Joe Biden and …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. government watchdog said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s use of government airplanes on eight trips complied with all federal rules. The Transportation Department Office of Inspector General (OIG) review released on Wednesday also found that flights made by his predecessor, Elaine Chao, on Federal Aviation Administration-operated (FAA) planes also …
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By Steve Holland MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden criticized presidential opponent Donald Trump’s recent anti-immigrant comments as he visited a Black-owned business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a state that may prove pivotal to the 2024 election. “I don’t believe as the president, the former president, said again yesterday, that immigrants are polluting, polluting, our blood. …
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(Reuters) – More than 15.3 million Americans have signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for 2024, a 33% increase from this time last year, according to data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday. The Biden-Harris Administration said preliminary data also projects that over 19 million …
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By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has been charged in four separate criminal cases, and could face his first trial as soon as March. The former U.S. president has pleaded not guilty in all the cases, and his legal woes are unlikely to prevent him from …
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By Andrew Goudsward and Jack Queen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump is disqualified from serving as U.S. president and cannot appear on the primary ballot in Colorado because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters, the state’s top court ruled Tuesday. The historic 4-3 …
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(Reuters) -Federal prosecutors and the top U.S. agency for consumer financial protection are suing a Texas real estate developer they accused of targeting thousands of Hispanic borrowers in a fraudulent land sale scheme, they announced on Wednesday. According to federal officials, Colony Ridge, a real estate developer located in Liberty County, Texas, about 30 miles …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request by federal prosecutors to immediately review his claim that he cannot be prosecuted for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Trump made the court filing in response to an extraordinary request by U.S. Special …
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By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) -Pilots at Southwest Airlines will get about a 50% pay raise over a five-year period in their new contract, according to the details shared by their union on Wednesday. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA), which represents more than 10,000 pilots at the Dallas-based carrier, also said its board …
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