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By Humeyra Pamuk and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration has used an emergency authority to allow the sale of about 14,000 tank shells to Israel without congressional review, the Pentagon said on Saturday. The State Department on Friday used an Arms Export Control Act emergency declaration for the tank rounds worth $106.5 million …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A call by the wife of Republican candidate Ron DeSantis for women from across the United States to “descend” on Iowa for its 2024 presidential nominating process prompted a reminder by the state Republican party that only residents can take part. “You must be a legal resident of Iowa and the precinct you …

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(Reuters) -The Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked a pregnant woman from obtaining an emergency abortion on Friday, shortly after the state’s attorney general requested the block. The legal battle is a major test case since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nationwide constitutional right to abortion last year, enabling states like Texas to pass near …

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By Steve Gorman and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Actor Ryan O’Neal, the 1970s Hollywood heartthrob who starred in such films as the smash-hit tearjerker “Love Story,” screwball comedy “What’s Up, Doc?” and “Paper Moon,” the movie that also launched his daughter’s movie career, died on Friday at age 82. The performer’s death was announced …

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By Gabriella Borter and David Morgan (Reuters) -More than 70 U.S. lawmakers on Friday demanded the governing boards of three of the country’s top universities remove their presidents, citing dissatisfaction with their testimony at a hearing about antisemitism on campuses, according to a letter seen by Reuters. In the letter, Republican Representative Elise Stefanik and …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden said critics of his father are “trying to destroy a presidency” through relentless attacks on him and “trying to kill me,” in a podcast interview released on Friday. The interview, conducted by his friend, the musician Moby, was released one day after the U.S. Justice …

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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A pregnant woman and Planned Parenthood sued Kentucky on Friday, seeking to invalidate its near-total ban on abortion, saying the law violates rights to privacy and self-determination in the state constitution. The lawsuit was filed by an anonymous woman, who is eight weeks pregnant and wants an abortion, on behalf …

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