By Makini Brice and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday turned to a new strategy in a long-shot bid to prevent the fourth government shutdown in a decade, as time runs short ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline. Republicans have so far failed to advance legislation that would …
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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – Two alleged drug dealers were arrested for the killing of an 11-year-old boy outside an Albuquerque baseball stadium this month that prompted New Mexico’s governor to impose a controversial gun carry ban in the state’s largest city, police said. Jose Romero, 22, and Nathen Garley, 21 were held for the …
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By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s attempt to restart his stalled spending agenda failed on Thursday when Republicans for a third time blocked a procedural vote on defense spending, raising the risk of a government shutdown in just 10 days. The House of Representatives voted 216-212 against beginning …
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(Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump has urged fellow Republicans in Congress to shut down the government to thwart the federal prosecutions against him, although any funding lapse was unlikely to stop the cases from being pursued. Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are at odds over how to proceed with spending legislation, which must …
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By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -David McCormick, a former hedge fund executive who lost the Republican primary for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat last year, will announce on Thursday that he is running again for Senate — this time against three-time incumbent Democratic Senator Bob Casey Jr. A U.S. Army veteran and former Treasury Department official, …
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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Senate negotiator of the United States’ largest farm spending package is looking to get the bill done in December, three months after the prior farm bill expires on Sept. 30. Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said at a Tuesday event hosted …
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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rudy Giuliani is facing a lawsuit that claims the former New York mayor owes a law firm nearly $1.4 million in unpaid legal fees connected to his work as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. New York law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron said Giuliani has paid only $214,000 of nearly …
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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rhiannon Hampson drives hundreds of miles across Maine’s countryside each week as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top rural development official in the state, and says she’s never seen so many newly paved roads and rebuilt bridges as in the past year. Replacement of Maine’s century-old Ticonic Bridge in …
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By Jason Lange and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s chances of re-election are being jeopardized by voters’ concerns over his age, the economy and crime, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, creating an opportunity for Republican challenger Donald Trump to return to the White House. The opinion poll found Democrat Biden, 80, …
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York state appeals court judge on Thursday temporarily halted the scheduled Oct. 2 trial in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump and his family business, a spokesman for the court said. The order came after the former U.S. president sued Justice Arthur Engoron, the trial …
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