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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Georgia Governor Brian Kemp won the Republican nomination to run for reelection in November, Edison Research projected on Tuesday, holding off a challenge by former U.S. Senator David Perdue, who Donald Trump had backed. The former president endorsed Perdue after Kemp refused to overturn the results of Georgia’s votes in the 2020 …

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A billionaire fundraiser for former U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges in a new indictment claiming he illegally lobbied U.S. officials on behalf of the United Arab Emirates. Federal prosecutors in the New York City borough of Brooklyn last week unveiled nine criminal charges against …

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(Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick has filed a lawsuit in a Pennsylvania court to compel counties to count undated mail-in ballots in his primary race against TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz, whom he trails by less than 1,000 votes. The race between McCormick, a former hedge fund executive, and Oz, who was …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic and Republican U.S. Senate leaders introduced a resolution on Monday backing Sweden and Finland’s bids to join NATO, underscoring support for expanding the alliance despite growing nationalism in the Republican party. It will take a two-thirds majority in the 100-member Senate to approve the expansion of the alliance, …

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By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) – Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc will share more data on targeting choices made by advertisers running political and social-issue ads in its public ad database, it said on Monday. Meta said it would also include detailed targeting information for these individual ads in its “Facebook Open Research and Transparency” database …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Sunday that he had returned home after a minor stroke a week ago landed him in the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. “It’s great to be back home after a long week. I’m grateful for the generous outpouring of support from everyone …

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump has paid a $110,000 fine for his failure to respond to a subpoena in a civil investigation into his business practices, a spokesperson for the New York attorney general said on Friday. The payment of the fine was one of three steps Trump needed to take …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio said on Friday he would make a run for Congress in the newly created 10th district of New York, which includes parts of Manhattan and his home base of Brooklyn. “Wherever I go, people ask: can things get better? I say from my heart: …

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