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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House is jumping into state-level battles for women’s reproductive rights, lending legal and messaging advice to allies in states pushing restrictions as the Biden administration seeks to make abortion access a rallying cry in next year’s presidential election. By leaning on key local lawmakers and backing legislation …

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By David Shepardson (Reuters) – Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has urged a U.S. regulator to reject Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion deal to take control of U.S. railroad Kansas City Southern, saying it would hurt competition, prompt job losses and disrupt service, a letter seen by Reuters showed. The acquisition, which combines the sixth- and seventh-largest …

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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday approved President Joe Biden’s nominee to head up the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), clearing the way for a vote by the full Senate. The Senate Finance Committee voted 17-9 to approve Daniel Werfel, a longtime federal budget official and former acting commissioner of …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate committee will consider legislation next week that would repeal two authorizations for past wars in Iraq, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday, in a renewed push to reassert Congress’ role in deciding to send troops into combat. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will take up …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Tuesday that he would provide defendants in criminal cases from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol with access to thousands of hours of internal security footage of the melee. McCarthy, who granted Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson exclusive access to the …

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By Jason Lange and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Republicans are eyeing $150 billion in spending cuts that reflect a hardline drive to target education, healthcare and housing – particularly efforts to address racial inequities that conservatives deride as “woke” – as they push forward in talks on the federal debt ceiling. House …

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By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin of Michigan on Monday said she will run for the Senate seat being left open by Debbie Stabenow in 2024. Slotkin, 46, won her seat in Congress in 2018 after working as a CIA Middle East analyst and Department of Defense official during the …

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By Tim Reid (Reuters) – The U.S. Republican Party’s presidential candidates will hold their first debate of the primary season in the battleground state of Wisconsin in August, the party announced on Thursday. The Republican National Committee’s debates committee voted to hold the debate in Milwaukee, and wants all participating candidates to sign a loyalty …

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By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Media interviews given by the foreperson of the Georgia grand jury that investigated former President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state present a public relations problem for prosecutors but need not stop them from bringing charges if warranted, according to legal experts. The foreperson, …

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By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday restricting drag performances in public or in front of children, putting the state at the forefront of a Republican-led effort to limit drag in at least 15 states in recent months. The more than 20 bills nationwide are a pushback against modern drag, …

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