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San Francisco voters oust district attorney in test of crime concerns

8 Jun 2022 8 Jun 2022

By James Oliphant (Reuters) -San Francisco voters on Tuesday recalled the California city’s district attorney, Chesa Boudin, a progressive Democrat who instituted criminal justice reform, in a nationally watched test of frustrations over rising crime and gun violence. Downstate in Los Angeles, voters also sounded off on public safety concerns, with a plurality supporting Rick …

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Trump ally Kristi Noem wins in South Dakota, Montana midterm primary a tight race

8 Jun 2022 8 Jun 2022

By Jason Lange and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, easily won the Republican nomination to seek reelection in November, while a former member of Trump’s cabinet was locked in a tight race in his Montana primary for the U.S. House of Representatives on …

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Comics feature U.S. Supreme Court’s newest women appointees

8 Jun 2022 8 Jun 2022

By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is the latest to join the pantheon of TidalWave Comics’ “Female Force” series, followed by the latest appointee to the bench, Ketanji Brown Jackson. The story of Barrett, 50, begins with her 2020 U.S. Senate confirmation hearing before flashing back to …

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U.S. House panel probes Trump’s accounting of foreign gifts

7 Jun 2022 7 Jun 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives’ Oversight Committee said on Tuesday it had opened an investigation into what it called former President Donald Trump’s failure to account for gifts received from foreign government officials. Under federal law, U.S. departments and agencies are required to inform the State Department of gifts over $415 its …

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Biden meets Democratic Senator Murphy on gun reform

7 Jun 2022 7 Jun 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday was meeting Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, a key voice in the debate surrounding gun violence in the United States, to discuss efforts in the U.S. Congress to reach a compromise agreement. “This morning, the president will meet with Senator Chris Murphy to discuss ongoing negotiations in the …

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Uvalde shooting, abortion ruling heighten U.S. extremist threats, DHS says

7 Jun 2022 7 Jun 2022

By Rami Ayyub WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Texas school shooting, a looming Supreme Court decision on abortion and grievances about security at the U.S.-Mexico border could mobilize American extremists to violence, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Tuesday. Violent threats directed at democratic institutions, politicians and political party offices will likely increase ahead …

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Exclusive: Michigan widens probe into voting system breaches by Trump allies

7 Jun 2022 7 Jun 2022

By Nathan Layne and Peter Eisler LANSING, Michigan (Reuters) – State police in Michigan have obtained warrants to seize voting equipment and election-related records in at least three towns and one county in the past six weeks, police records show, widening the largest known investigation into unauthorized attempts by allies of former President Donald Trump …

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Texas progressive Cisneros seeks recount in razor-thin congressional race

7 Jun 2022 7 Jun 2022

(Reuters) – Progressive Jessica Cisneros on Monday requested a recount in her race against U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar, a moderate Texas Democrat who opposes abortion rights, after trailing him by fewer than 300 votes in last month’s primary runoff election. Cisneros, 29, had forced a runoff with Cuellar in the March primary in a district …

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Republican lawmaker urges top Senate Democrat to give gun talks time

7 Jun 2022 7 Jun 2022

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator John Cornyn, the leading Republican in talks aimed at ironing out bipartisan legislation to address a plague of U.S. mass shootings, urged the top Senate Democrat on Monday to give negotiators sufficient time to either reach a deal or fail. Cornyn and other lawmakers, Democrats and Republicans, were …

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Spotlight on Trump supporters’ assault on U.S. Capitol as Jan. 6 hearings begin

6 Jun 2022 6 Jun 2022

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress’s probe of the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters trying to overturn his election defeat enters a new phase this week with hearings meant to refocus attention on the violence and those who planned it. The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives …

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