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By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) – Workers at many of the largest U.S. tech companies overwhelmingly back Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, according to donation data, even as some of the most powerful tech billionaires have thrown their support to Republican rival Donald Trump. Workers at Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft are donating millions of …

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By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, majority-owned by former U.S. President Donald Trump, jumped nearly 5% on Monday after a poll showed the Republican candidate is in a tight race against Vice President Kamala Harris for the White House. The bounce in the company’s stock follows weeks of declines …

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By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he supports a ballot initiative in Florida that would legalize recreational use of marijuana for adults ages 21 years and older. The statement, made on social media platform Truth Social late on Sunday, comes after a separate comment in late August in which he …

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By Alexandra Ulmer, Nathan Layne, Gram Slattery YORK, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -As Trump campaign volunteers Rachel and Chris Gottberg prepared to knock on doors in York, Pennsylvania last month, their goal was to win over the infrequent voters that the campaign sees as key to victory in the battleground state. Wearing red t-shirts emblazoned with “Trump …

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By Bo Erickson and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress returns from the campaign trail on Monday to face a month-end government funding deadline, but election-year politics will still be at the forefront as Republicans seek to use the process to advance a voting bill backed by Donald Trump. Republican House of Representatives …

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By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – More than 300 U.S. farm and commodity groups urged Congress in a letter on Monday to pass a long-delayed farm spending bill before the end of the year, as farmers face a projected decline in income. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The farm bill, an omnibus package passed every five years, funds …

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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration plans to keep its target of accepting 125,000 refugees next year, according to an internal report to U.S. lawmakers reviewed by Reuters, signaling a refugee ramp-up will continue if Kamala Harris wins the White House. The Biden administration is on pace to bring in …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than 90 company executives, including the chief executives of Yelp and Chobani as well as the former CEOs of PepsiCo, Ford Motor Co and Yahoo!, endorsed U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidency in a letter released on Friday. Separately, more than 100 current and retired law enforcement officials also backed …

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