By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) – Donald Trump should be immune from civil lawsuits over last year’s siege on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters, a lawyer for the former president told a federal appeals court on Wednesday. Trump attorney Jesse Binnall told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that Trump …
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By Luc Cohen and Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s legal and political woes deepened this week when his real estate company was found guilty of tax fraud and a U.S. Senate candidate he backed lost a runoff election, further coloring the former U.S. president’s 2024 re-election campaign. WHITE HOUSE RUN On Nov. 15 Trump …
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By Patricia Zengerle and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers agreed to provide Ukraine at least $800 million in additional security assistance next year and to boost Taiwan with billions in aid over the next several years, according to an $858 billion defense policy bill unveiled on Tuesday. The Fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A hardline Republican U.S. lawmaker on Tuesday announced he will challenge House of Representatives party chief Kevin McCarthy for the House speakership, a prospect that could lead to party turmoil when the Republican-led chamber convenes in January. Representative Andy Biggs, 64, of Arizona, seems unlikely to win the speakership. …
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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate still has “a lot of negotiating left to do” on a bill that would fund the federal government through Sept. 30, 2023, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday. Without prompt action by Congress, federal agencies will run out of funding on Dec. 16 under …
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By Kanishka Singh and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Monday condemned Donald Trump’s weekend remarks that called for suspension of constitutional rules, and urged more Republicans to come forward to rebuke the former president. “Every President and every member of Congress swears to ‘defend’ the Constitution of the United States,” White …
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By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Monday defended his work on a failed election fraud lawsuit, as a Washington, D.C., disciplinary panel heard charges that he violated attorney ethics rules in the case. The November 2020 lawsuit, which sought to throw out votes cast in Pennsylvania, was …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of more than 40 U.S. senators warned China on Thursday against any violent crackdown on protests there, saying it would do “extraordinary damage” to the U.S.-China relationship. The 42 senators, led by Republican Dan Sullivan and Democrat Jeff Merkley, said in a letter to China’s Washington ambassador Qin Gang …
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By Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is pushing for South Carolina to host the first Democratic presidential primary, aiming to usher more diversity into the party’s campaigns to lead the country, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. Starting in 2024, Biden would like to see South …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden asked Democratic leaders to let South Carolina host the first nominating contest for the party’s presidential nomination, in a shake-up that could displace Iowa’s caucus, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. Biden endorsed a plan that would have South Carolina’s contest followed by New …
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