By Ned Parker and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Arizona officials have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate a case of possible voter intimidation after a group of people followed and filmed a voter in Maricopa County dropping off a ballot at a drop box for the midterm elections. A spokesperson for the …
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By Luc Cohen and Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump is facing legal scrutiny from state, congressional and federal investigators on a range of issues – from the storming of the U.S. Capitol by his supporters, to allegedly inflating the value of his properties to secure favorable loans and tax benefits. Here …
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump was deposed on Wednesday in a defamation lawsuit brought in New York by writer E. Jean Carroll after he denied her allegations that he had raped her, lawyers for both sides said in separate statements. The deposition came a week after a federal judge …
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By Nandita Bose, Jarrett Renshaw and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden announced a plan on Wednesday to sell off the rest of his release from the nation’s emergency oil reserve by year’s end and begin refilling the stockpile as he tries to dampen high gasoline prices ahead of midterm elections on …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman of Pennsylvania released a doctor’s letter on Wednesday that said he was recovering well from a stroke and has no work restrictions. Fetterman, the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor who faces Republican celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz in November’s election, has gradually returned to the campaign trail in recent …
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By Tim Reid (Reuters) – The fight to become Arizona’s next attorney general in November’s midterm elections smashed fundraising records this week. One major reason: the normally backwater contest has potentially big implications for U.S. democracy, election experts said. Arizona is a kingmaker state in U.S. presidential elections, and under Arizona law the attorney general …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Videos published by the Tampa Bay Times show Florida ex-convicts expressing bafflement and frustration as they were arrested for voting illegally, a result of the first investigations by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’ new election police agency. In one video, Romona Oliver reacted with shock when police arrived at her house …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador on Tuesday discussed actions to reduce illegal migration, efforts to combat the trade in fentanyl and the prosecution of gun traffickers, the White House said. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Kim Coghill)
By David Shepardson and Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. senators who scrutinize antitrust issues expressed “serious concerns” about grocery company Kroger Co’s plan to buy rival Albertsons Cos Inc, and said they would hold a hearing next month on the $25 billion deal. The announcement by Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar, chair of the Senate Judiciary …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate antitrust panel is expected to announce as soon as Tuesday a hearing on the merger of grocery giants Kroger Co and Albertsons Cos Inc, according to a person familiar with the situation, signaling growing scrutiny of the deal. It was not immediately clear when the panel, a subcommittee of …
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