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By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles freeway section heavily damaged by a weekend fire can be salvaged and reopened after extensive repairs rather than having to be demolished and rebuilt, a project that nevertheless will likely take three to five weeks, officials said on Tuesday. The decision to brace and repair …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Rules Committee voted along party lines on Tuesday to advance legislation that would clear the way for hundreds of military promotions that one Republican has been delaying to protest Defense Department abortion policy. The panel voted 9-7 to send the resolution for a vote in the full Senate. Although …

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By Luc Cohen CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (Reuters) -A former fundraiser for indicted U.S. Representative George Santos pleaded guilty to defrauding campaign donors on Tuesday, adding to the pressure on the embattled New York Republican. At a hearing in federal court in Long Island, Samuel Miele, 27, admitted to impersonating a staffer for another member …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Oklahoma senator challenged Teamsters President Sean O’Brien to a fight during a Senate hearing on Tuesday rising from his seat, before the committee chair stepped in defuse the confrontation. The verbal sparring began after Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin paraphrased from a June tweet posted by O’Brien about the Senator: “…What a …

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(Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s election interference case in Georgia may not conclude until the winter of 2024 or early 2025 – during the final run-up to or perhaps even after the next election – the prosecutor leading the case said on Tuesday. “I believe the trial will take many months and I don’t …

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By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) -The head of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation faced outraged criticism from lawmakers on Tuesday following a media report that cited pervasive allegations of sexual harassment at his agency. FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg, who appeared at a Capitol Hill oversight hearing with other top financial regulators, told the Senate Banking …

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By David Shepardson and Joseph White (Reuters) – Trucks and sport utility vehicles with hood heights greater than 40 inches are about 45% more likely to cause fatalities in pedestrian crashes than shorter vehicles with sloped hoods, according to new research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Prior studies have shown SUVs and pickups …

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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday moved to address rising criticism within the State Department ranks over the Biden administration’s policy on the Israel-Hamas war, as hundreds of U.S. government employees openly and privately have advocated for a ceasefire in Gaza. At least three cables criticizing the …

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