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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – Kentucky’s Democratic governor on Friday vetoed a Republican bill to ban transgender youths from gender-affirming healthcare and restrict public toilets they use, bucking a national Republican-led movement. Governor Andy Beshear, running in November for a second-term in Republican-leaning Kentucky, said the bill would increase youth suicides and permit excessive government …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge has rejected former President Donald Trump’s bid to prevent ex-aides, including former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, from testifying before a grand jury probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, ABC reported on Friday, citing sources. The federal grand jury is investigating failed efforts by Trump and …

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By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top Republican strategist and adviser to the governor of Virginia has joined a high-dollar fundraising group aimed at getting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis elected to the White House, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Jeff Roe, the founder of political consultancy Axiom Strategies, is working …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday said Donald Trump will get an anonymous jury in rape accuser E. Jean Carroll’s upcoming defamation trial, citing the threat of juror harassment, including by supporters of the former U.S. president. Saying “this is a unique case,” U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in …

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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A conservative Republican and a progressive Democrat in the U.S. Senate are introducing legislation on Wednesday to replace the Federal Reserve’s internal watchdog with one appointed by the president, aiming to tighten bank supervision following the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. Republican Rick Scott and Democrat Elizabeth …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The New York grand jury hearing evidence about former President Donald Trump’s alleged involvement with a hush-money payment to a porn star will not meet on Wednesday, a law enforcement source said. (Reporting by Karen Freifeld and Rami Ayyub; writing by Kanishka Singh)