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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said he was not worried about 2024 election challenges after Republicans on Wednesday selected Representative Mike Johnson as speaker for the U.S. House of Representatives. Johnson, a conservative with little leadership experience, authored an unsuccessful appeal by 126 House Republicans to get the Supreme Court to overturn election …

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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will not have his name on the New Hampshire Democratic primary ballot after the state refused to abide by new Democratic Party rules that South Carolina hold its primary contest first, the Biden re-election campaign said on Tuesday. The Democratic Party had moved to eliminate Iowa …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine’s prospects for more emergency U.S. aid got a boost on Tuesday when Republicans nominated Tom Emmer to lead the House of Representatives, but any celebration might be premature because he may lack the votes to become speaker. The House has been without a speaker since Oct. 3, when …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Republicans picked Majority Leader Tom Emmer as their nominee for speaker on Tuesday, making him the third pick in as many weeks, after the last two failed to garner enough support on the House floor to get the gavel. Here are some facts about Emmer: MINNESOTA Emmer, 62, has represented …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Infighting among Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives has left that chamber leaderless for three weeks, preventing Congress from taking up urgent legislation. Here are some of the items on lawmakers’ growing to-do list: ISRAEL AND UKRAINE AID, U.S. BORDER SECURITY Democratic President Joe Biden has asked Congress to provide …

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By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Fentanyl producers in Mexico should be killed. So too should human traffickers and drug smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border. Shoplifters should be shot. Drug dealers and rapists? Executed. Some Republican contenders for their party’s 2024 presidential nomination have turned to a blunt policy proposal to tamp down on crime: killing …

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(Reuters) – The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s $250 million civil fraud trial in New York raised the possibility on Friday of putting the former president behind bars after Trump failed to comply with a partial gag order requiring him to remove a post condemning the judge’s law clerk on social media, NBC News reported. …

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By James Oliphant and Gram Slattery KEOSAUQUA, Iowa (Reuters) – In coffee shops and churches, on farms and front porches, on the phone and through text exchanges, Ron DeSantis’ grassroots supporters are trying to pull off a long-shot win in the Iowa caucuses and upend the 2024 Republican presidential race. Any hope Republicans have of …

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