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By Moira Warburton and Jody Godoy WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate passed major online child safety reforms in a nearly unanimous vote on Tuesday, although the legislation, which has drawn mixed reactions from the tech industry, faces an uncertain fate in the House of Representatives. Two bills – the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection …

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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris would adhere to President Joe Biden’s vow not to raise taxes on middle-income taxpayers and has helped to determine the Biden-Harris’ administration’s approach to tax fairness, including higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday. “Vice President Harris has indicated her …

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(Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday backed his running mate, Senator JD Vance, over past comments about “childless cat ladies” that have gone viral and become a political headache for their White House campaign. Vance’s 2021 comments criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats as “a bunch of childless cat ladies …

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By James Oliphant and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign will launch a $10 million advertising blitz in six battleground states this week as it tries to counter a surge of voter enthusiasm and donations for his Democratic rival Kamala Harris. It is Trump’s biggest ad buy since January, when …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leading Republican in Congress, Mike Johnson, on Monday that President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court reform proposal would not be considered by the House. Speaker Johnson in a statement called the proposal an effort to “delegitimize the Court.” Biden is expected on Monday to propose sweeping reforms to the Supreme Court, including …

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By David Shepardson (Reuters) -U.S. railroad Union Pacific interfered in a federal safety audit after employees were coached how to respond, prompting the federal rail agency to end the review, the agency and the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee said on Friday. Senator Maria Cantwell said she was opening a probe into Union Pacific’s …

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More than 160,000 people joined a Zoom call on Thursday night to build support for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris among white women, a voter demographic that has supported Republican nominee Donald Trump in the past two elections. Organized by Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action, a gun-safety group with about 10 million …

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