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By Tim Reid (Reuters) – Cornel West, a progressive political activist and philosopher, announced on Monday that he is launching a third-party 2024 bid for the U.S. presidency. West said on Twitter that he was running for the White House with the small, leftist People’s Party, “fighting to end poverty, mass incarceration, ending wars and …

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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu said on Monday he would not join the crowded field vying for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, saying too many candidates will help former President Donald Trump win the nomination. “Our party is on a collision course toward electoral irrelevance without significant corrective action,” …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s Democratic allies are planning a private Chicago fundraiser with billionaire Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker as soon as this month, two people briefed on the president’s plans say. A specific date for the tentative event had not been confirmed and a spokesman for …

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By Nathan Layne LACONIA, New Hampshire (Reuters) -As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took his presidential pitch to Iowa and New Hampshire this week, it was his wife’s presence and message that stood out to some Republican voters as a potential asset for his 2024 campaign. Casey DeSantis, a former TV broadcaster who has been credited …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice has closed its investigation into former Vice President Mike Pence without filing any charges related to classified documents found in his Indiana home, a department official said on Friday. The department notified Pence through a letter, the official added. Representatives for Pence, who served under former Republican …

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By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The latest standoff over the U.S. debt ceiling, resolved just days before the government faced a devastating default, has prompted some to call for the country to ditch its self-imposed borrowing limit. That’s not likely to happen any time soon. Though the showdown unnerved investors and prompted threats of …

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By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The bipartisan debt-ceiling deal that could clear Congress as soon as Thursday would stave off an imminent U.S. default, but might deliver less budget savings than Republicans have hoped for, according to nonpartisan budget analysts. The agreement ensures that President Joe Biden will not have to grapple with another …

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