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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville said on Tuesday he would continue his blockade of hundreds of military promotions over the Defense Department’s abortion policy, but was nearing some compromises including allowing promotions of essential nominees. Tuberville, a first-term senator closely aligned with former Republican President Donald Trump, has been …

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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives showed no sign on Tuesday of coalescing around a government funding plan to keep federal agencies open, just 10 days before Congress faces its next shutdown deadline. Republican lawmakers, who hold a slim 221-212 House majority, met behind closed doors to debate …

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By Makini Brice and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Special Counsel David Weiss, who is leading the probe into President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden, is appearing on Tuesday for a closed-door interview with the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee, amid an impeachment inquiry into Biden. Weiss has headed an investigation into Hunter Biden, 53, since …

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By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Donald Trump testified for roughly four hours on Monday at his civil fraud trial in New York, as the former U.S. president used the witness stand to boast about his wealth and lash out at the judge overseeing the case. Here are four key moments from his testimony: JUDGE SAYS …

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By Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw BEAR, Delaware (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday announced the latest tranche of federal dollars to modernize key portions of the nation’s busiest rail corridor that stretches from Boston to Washington D.C. Biden, who said he has traveled through the tunnel “thousands” of times, added that the region …

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By David Morgan and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the U.S. Congress eyes another looming partial government shutdown deadline in less than two weeks, it also faces a question: Whether lawmakers, and particularly a small but powerful band of hardline Republicans, are capable of compromise. House of Representatives Republicans say their slim 221-212 majority …

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By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Dean Phillips on Thursday told Reuters that he is loaning his campaign about $2 million to fund his long-shot bid to challenge President Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination and said he was attending fundraisers in major cities. Seizing on the 80-year-old Biden’s lackluster approval ratings and …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hunter Biden on Thursday said his history of substance abuse has become fodder for a disinformation campaign against President Joe Biden ahead of his father’s re-election bid. Hunter Biden made the statement in an op-ed article for USA Today, rare public remarks on a political and legal controversy expected to feature prominently …

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By Joseph Ax SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (Reuters) – At a recent hog roast fundraiser for the Clark County Republican Party, Ohio Right to Life CEO Peter Range offered his audience a stark warning: The outcome of Ohio’s Nov. 7 vote on abortion rights will reverberate far beyond the state. “They feel like if they can win …

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