By Steve Holland and Nandita Bose MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Wednesday there was “no question” his predecessor Donald Trump supported an insurrection, but that it was up to the courts whether that disqualifies him from running for president. “It’s self-evident. You saw it all. Whether the 14th Amendment applies or not, …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging a new Republican-backed law in Texas that will give state officials broad powers to arrest, prosecute, and deport people who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Austin, Texas, claims that the law signed by Republican Texas …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s bid to force companies to disclose more details about their share buyback plans was cut down by a federal appeals court on Tuesday after the agency failed to meet the court’s deadline to fix what the judges had called “defects” in the requirement. The ruling is …
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By Brad Brooks and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -A federal judge in Virginia on Tuesday ruled that Army crews can continue removing a confederate monument at Arlington National Cemetery, as Congress has mandated must be done by Jan. 1. U.S. District Judge Rossie Alston on Monday had ordered a halt to the removal as he considered …
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By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California regulators on Tuesday cleared the way for widespread use of advanced filtration and treatment facilities designed to convert sewage waste into pure drinking water that can be pumped directly into systems feeding millions of household taps. Proven technologies capable of recycling wastewater for human consumption, a concept …
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By Tim Reid (Reuters) – Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has never read Adolf Hitler’s manifesto ‘Mein Kampf’ and is not quoting the German dictator when he says illegal immigrants inside the U.S. are poisoning and destroying the blood of America. In a rally in Iowa, Trump – the clear frontrunner for the Republican …
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden hailed Sandra Day O’Connor as an “American pioneer” who embodied principle over politics in his eulogy at the Washington funeral of the U.S. Supreme Court’s first female justice. Biden praised O’Connor for breaking down barriers in the legal and political worlds, transcending political divisions and weighing ordinary …
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By Makini Brice and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will not vote on a package to provide more aid to Ukraine and bolster U.S. border security before early next year, as Democratic and Republican negotiators continue their work, chamber leaders said on Tuesday. “Our negotiators are going to be working very, very diligently …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate will confirm this month the last of hundreds of military promotions held up for much of the year over a senator’s protest of the Pentagon’s payment of abortion-related travel costs, Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday. “Before we leave for the Christmas holiday, the …
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By Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration launched a new refugee program on Tuesday that will let U.S. sponsors nominate specific people they want to bring to the United States, an effort intended to help families reunite and involve more everyday Americans. The program, under an initiative known as the …
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