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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. lawmakers on Thursday criticized President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. labor secretary, Julie Su, saying she dismantled the gig economy, hurting companies such as Uber and DoorDash Su, a civil rights lawyer and former California labor commissioner, found unequivocal support from several Democrats on the committee. She needs …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Judiciary Committee’s chairman called on U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts to testify at a May 2 hearing on Supreme ethics reform after earlier urging him to investigate ties between Justice Clarence Thomas and a wealthy Republican donor. Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, the panel’s chairman, said the hearing follows “a steady …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Three Democrats in the Tennessee legislature who faced expulsion over their participation in gun control protests will visit the White House on Monday as U.S. President Joe Biden continues to press for an assault weapons ban, the White House said. Biden wants to “thank them for speaking out and standing their ground and …

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By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The spending-cut proposals unveiled by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday could fall hardest on people in Republican-leaning states, a Reuters analysis of federal spending data found. McCarthy’s plan, which he presented as a condition for raising the United States’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, calls for …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Republican U.S. congressman Jim Jordan on Monday asked a judge to let a House of Representatives panel’s investigation into the criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump proceed, saying a subpoena of a former Manhattan prosecutor was needed by lawmakers as they consider possible legislation. Jordan, chairman of the …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Monday rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to delay a scheduled April 25 trial over whether he defamed former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll by denying he raped her. Last week, Trump’s lawyers urged U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in federal court in Manhattan …

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(Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to sign a bill on Friday allowing juries to recommend the death penalty in capital cases on an 8-4 vote, a move spurred by the less-than-unanimous vote that led to the Parkland school shooter being sentenced to life in prison. The state’s Republican-led House of Representatives approved the …

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