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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives returned to the job of legislating on Tuesday, after a week-long standoff between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and a small group of hardline Republican conservatives ended in a temporary truce. The Republican-controlled chamber first voted 219-210 on a gun rights bill favored by McCarthy’s hardline critics, …

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By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump has been indicted for illegally retaining classified government documents after leaving office in 2021. Here is a rundown of what this means for his 2024 presidential campaign. WILL THE INDICTMENT PREVENT TRUMP FROM CAMPAIGNING OR TAKING OFFICE? None of the charges would bar Trump from taking …

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By Nupur Anand and Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. first lady Jill Biden on Monday embarked on a fundraising tour to build up President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign coffers, telling a well-heeled Manhattan crowd of nearly 50 people that her husband “knows how to get things done.” The event was hosted at the …

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By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Here is a look at the charges former President Donald Trump faces and his possible defenses over what prosecutors say was his illegal retention of classified documents at his Florida estate after leaving the White House in 2021. WHAT IS TRUMP ACCUSED OF DOING? Trump was charged in an indictment …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Indicted U.S. Representative George Santos on Friday appealed a ruling requiring that the identities of two people who guaranteed his $500,000 bail be disclosed, saying that releasing their names could threaten their safety. In a letter to U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert, Santos’ lawyer Joseph Murray said the …

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By Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) -Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury for retaining classified government documents and obstruction of justice, according to a lawyer for the former U.S. president and another source familiar with the matter. The criminal case, brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, amounts to another legal setback …

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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Neither President Joe Biden’s Democrats nor Republicans in Congress emerged as a clear winner in the battle to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The survey, conducted after Congress passed a bipartisan deal to raise the borrowing limit, found that 50% of Americans …

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