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By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -As Donald Trump sought to buy a Florida golf course in 2011, his daughter Ivanka expressed concern that he was not wealthy enough to close the deal, according to evidence presented Wednesday in a civil fraud trial that threatens the former U.S. president’s business empire. The …

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By Nicole Jao NEW YORK (Reuters) – Texas voters passed a constitutional amendment to create a $10 billion energy fund that aims to improve the reliability of power-generating infrastructures in the state. The fund would go toward financing construction of new power-generating facilities and maintenance of existing infrastructure. Some 1.6 million voters, or 64.9%, favored …

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By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House Oversight Committee said on Wednesday it has subpoenaed President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, and brother, James Biden, to appear for depositions, in an escalation of its impeachment inquiry into the Democrat. House Republicans launched an impeachment inquiry in September, following months of probes. They allege …

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(Reuters) – National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy will tell a U.S. Senate subcommittee that an increase in near miss aviation incidents is a “clear warning sign that the U.S. Aviation system is sharply strained.” Homendy, who will testify at a Senate Commerce aviation subcommittee hearing along side the Federal Aviation Administration and aviation …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a civil rights probe of Lexington, Mississippi’s police department after reports of excessive force and discriminatory policing, a top justice official said on Wednesday. Kristen Clarke, the head of the department’s Civil Rights Division, said the department received credible allegations that Lexington police stopped …

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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration has suspended talks on some key digital trade aspects of its Indo-Pacific Economic Framework initiative, Democratic lawmakers said on Tuesday as negotiators from 14 countries race to finish some agreements ahead of a major Pacific Rim summit next week. The halt comes after the U.S. Trade …

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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Speaker Mike Johnson told key Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday that he will decide within the next two days on a path to avert a potential government shutdown, according to lawmakers. The Republican-controlled House and Democratic-led Senate have just over a week to agree …

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