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(Reuters) – Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he gave a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden where he defended Julian Assange’s innocence and renewed a previous offer of asylum to the WikiLeaks founder. The United Kingdom last month approved Assange’s extradition to the United States to face criminal charges relating to …

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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats on the ballot for November’s most competitive congressional elections have a growing financial advantage over Republicans, with a few Republican campaigns showing signs they are struggling at fundraising, new financial disclosures show. Republicans are still favored to win control of at least one chamber of the U.S. Congress …

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(Reuters) – Governors from all 50 U.S. states have committed to funding a computer science curriculum at more schools after hundreds of executives including Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates sent a letter this week urging action. The effort, announced on Thursday by the National Governors Association, was organized by the Seattle-based non-profit Code.org, which aims …

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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol announced on Friday that it will hold a hearing at 8 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 21. The hearing, which is aimed at reaching a broad U.S. television audience during prime viewing hours, will be …

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By Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senator Joe Manchin’s decision to halt support for President Joe Biden’s climate legislation after more than a year of negotiations has left Democrats with limited options to tackle climate change, an important goal for the president’s base. The West Virginia senator, a conservative Democrat who is the …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday paving the way for the defense budget to exceed $800 billion next year, authorizing $37 billion in spending on top of the record $773 billion proposed by President Joe Biden. The House passed its version of the National Defense …

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By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) – A county clerk who was indicted on felony charges of tampering with voting equipment and then lost a bid for the Republican nomination to Colorado’s top election-management post has become a fugitive from justice, court records showed on Thursday. In a written court order, Mesa County District Judge Matthew …

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