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By Joseph Ax and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – Republicans are vowing to spend record amounts in key state supreme court races this fall, seeking to take advantage of a favorable national political environment to elect conservative judges at the state level amid deep political divisions. A string of decisions throwing out Republican-drawn congressional maps in …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House and Senate lawmakers said Thursday they have chosen negotiators to hammer out a deal on a bill to provide $52 billion in government subsidies for semiconductor production after months of discussion. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, and Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy named about 80 House lawmakers …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Ketanji Brown Jackson will deliver remarks on Friday on the latter’s Senate confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House said on Thursday. Jackson was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court in a milestone …

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(Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. A total of 115 justices have served on the Supreme Court in the nation’s history, including 17 as chief justice. Here is a look at some of the …

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By Dan Levine (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. Congress proposed a raft of new rules for the federal judiciary on Wednesday including a formal mechanism to remove judges from hearing cases in the event of a conflict of interest and another intended to reduce secret court filings. The legislation was being introduced in both the …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A decorated U.S. Air Force veteran accused of defrauding donors in a fundraising campaign to help former President Donald Trump build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and three tax charges. The U.S. Department of Justice revealed their plea agreement …

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By James Oliphant (Reuters) – Last month, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds surrounded herself with members of the conservative parents-rights group Moms for Liberty when she signed a bill that outlawed transgender students from playing girls’ sports. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis invited a member of the group to stand alongside him weeks later as he signed …

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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Early voting began in Ohio on Tuesday for the May 3 primary elections, all but ensuring that voters will pick their candidates for the U.S. Congress using a Republican-backed congressional map despite ongoing litigation over its legality. The state Supreme Court in January threw out a previous iteration of the …

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