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(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued another significant ruling broadening religious rights, siding with a Christian former public high school football coach in Washington state who sued after being suspended from his job for refusing to stop leading prayers with players on the field after games. The court, especially its conservative bloc, …

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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Tina Peters, an election official in western Colorado, has been indicted for election tampering and barred by a judge from overseeing voting in her home county this year. But Peters, who has echoed former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged, is far from cowed. …

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By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s blockbuster rulings on successive days that eliminated the right to abortion nationwide and widened the rights of gun owners illustrate how its expanded conservative majority is willing to boldly assert its power. In both rulings, the conservative justices delivered long-sought victories to activists on the …

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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will have a new “sherpa” on his trip to Germany next week – a former BlackRock strategist named Mike Pyle, who replaces Washington’s former point person on sanctions, Daleep Singh. Singh, who played a crucial role at the White House in coordinating Western sanctions against …

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(Reuters) – A handful of U.S. companies were quick to outline their policies for employees after the nation’s top court decided to overturn the landmark ruling that recognized a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion and legalized it nationwide. Several companies were already offering reproductive healthcare benefits, including abortion coverage or travel benefits for out-of-state …

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By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Seventeen months after leaving office, former President Donald Trump delivered on a campaign promise on Friday when the conservative U.S. Supreme Court majority he cemented overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. The ruling represented a victory long in the making for a well-organized and generously …

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