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By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – The Democratic Party’s unseating of Iowa from its position as host of the first U.S. presidential nominating contest every four years is a blow that could also reshape the corn and biofuels industries throughout the Midwest, lobbyists and political consultants say. Backed by President Joe Biden, the party is set …

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By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump failed on Wednesday to persuade 20 fellow Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to fall in line behind Kevin McCarthy’s bid for speaker, underscoring the former president’s declining power over the party he reshaped. “It’s now time for all of our GREAT Republican House Members to …

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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – A federal judge cut by millions of dollars damages that were imposed on organizers of the 2017 “Unite the Right” white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, citing a cap imposed under a local law. In November 2021, a federal jury found the organizers of the “Unite the Right” rally liable …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Here are six potential candidates to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives if Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy fails to win the post due to a rebellion by hardliners in his party. REPRESENTATIVE STEVE SCALISE The no. 2 House Republican is a supporter of McCarthy who could get support from moderates …

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By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will celebrate the “courage and patriotism” of people who fought back against the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol during a ceremony on Friday, the second anniversary of the attack, the White House said. Friday’s event in the …

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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For much of the last 16 years Republican Jim Jordan’s combative, in-your-face style of politics made the former college wrestler a constant source of trouble for his party’s leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives. Now his party is deciding whether the hardline co-founder of the House Freedom Caucus …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday renominated a number of stalled picks for a slate of federal posts including nominees to head the Internal Revenue Service, Federal Aviation Administration, ambassador to India and a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) member, the White House said. The selections did …

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By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A pair of bills granting the U.S. Justice Department additional tools to go after Russian oligarchs and alleged war criminals appeared poised to become law, after a last-minute push by a bipartisan group of lawmakers this week. One bill, which broadens the Justice Department’s jurisdiction to prosecute war crimes, …

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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Donald Trump plans to argue that a New York law allowing a writer to sue the former U.S. president over claims that he raped her decades ago is unconstitutional, according to a court filing. Lawyers for Trump said in a filing made on Monday in Manhattan federal court that they would …

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