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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Enrique Tarrio, the former top leader of the right-wing group the Proud Boys, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to criminal charges accusing him of conspiring to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory ahead of last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol. Tarrio’s attorney entered the …

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(Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump has sought revenge against nine fellow Republicans in Congress who turned against him by endorsing their opponents in Nov. 8 elections, prompting two of them who voted to impeach Trump to abandon the race. Two other U.S. representatives, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and John Katko of New York, decided …

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(Reuters) – The White House urged Congress to move quickly on $10 billion in funding for COVID aid after bipartisan agreement was reached on Monday, a sum that is less than the $22.5 billion President Joe Biden’s administration wanted. “We urge Congress to move promptly on this $10 billion package because it can begin to …

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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Flood, fire, and drought fueled by climate change could take a massive bite out of the U.S. federal budget per year by the end of the century, the White House said in its first ever such assessment on Sunday. The Office of Management and Budget assessment, tasked by President Joe …

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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s deputy chief of staff Michael Fuchs is leaving the administration, the latest top aide from her office to announce a departure, according to an internal staff memo seen by Reuters. Fuchs, who served as a foreign policy advisor to former President Bill Clinton and …

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(Reuters) – A jury will begin deliberations on Monday in the trial of four men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, in a case that pits domestic terrorism allegations against accusations of entrapment and prosecutorial overreach. In closing arguments on Friday, a government prosecutor described the men as “paranoid” and bent on …

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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected former congressman Devin Nunes’ effort to revive a $250 million lawsuit accusing the Washington Post of defamation for implying that he lied to former President Donald Trump, a close ally. In a 3-0 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., said …

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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to end the federal ban on marijuana, which has created legal headaches for users and businesses in the states that have legalized it, though the measure was seen as unlikely to pass the Senate. It passed by 220-204, with …

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