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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a bill to fund federal government activities through Dec. 16, as Congress moved to stave off a partial government shutdown at midnight on Friday, when the new fiscal year begins. The 72-25 vote sent the stopgap funding bill on to the House of Representatives, which is expected …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The No. 2 Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives declined to say if he would hold a vote on a bill restricting members of Congress and other government officials from trading in stocks, saying lawmakers needed more time to think about it. The bill had been listed by House Majority Leader …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate will hold a vote at 1:45 p.m. (1745 GMT) on passing a bill extending government funding through Dec. 16 and avoiding partial government shutdowns that otherwise would begin on Saturday when existing funds expire. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the vote. Passage in the Senate would send the …

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By Brian Ellsworth (Reuters) – Two U.S. lawmakers on Thursday said the United States should sanction Haitian gangs and those who help finance them, as the Caribbean nation remains gripped by a gang blockade that has caused increasingly dire fuel shortages. Gregory Meeks and Michael McCaul, during a hearing of the House of Representatives Foreign …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump is seeking a quick end to the defamation lawsuit by an author who claims he raped her more than a quarter century ago. A lawyer for the former U.S. president asked a federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday to substitute the United States as the defendant …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday endorsed Republican celebrity physician Mehmet Oz in his campaign for the U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania, lauding what it called his “commitment to free enterprise and pro-growth policies.” Oz is running against John Fetterman, the state’s lieutenant governor, in a race that will help determine …

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By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Congressional Democrats, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, have asked the U.S. Commerce Department to curb assault weapons exports and increase oversight of gun exports after a Trump-era ruling to ease firearms export laws pushed sales up, according to a letter sent on Wednesday and seen by Reuters. The lawmakers wrote that …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had spoken with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis the prior day about Hurricane Ian, adding that the federal government had met every request for help from the coastal state. Biden also warned oil companies not to use the storm as a pretext to raise gasoline prices, …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is working with allies and partners to quickly impose severe economic costs on Moscow over “sham” referendums held by Russia in occupied regions of Ukraine, according to prepared remarks from the U.S. State Department’s head of sanctions coordination on Wednesday. James O’Brien, in remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations …

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