By Jack Queen (Reuters) -A Georgia judge on Tuesday temporarily halted a new rule requiring poll workers to hand count ballots in November’s U.S. elections, in a defeat for Donald Trump, whose Republican allies pushed the change after he lost the battleground state in 2020. The hand-count rule was passed on Sept. 20 by a …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Nebraska’s top state court on Wednesday upheld a state law allowing felons who have completed their sentences to vote, enabling thousands more people to cast ballots in the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election. The Nebraska Supreme Court rejected claims by Secretary of State Robert Evnen, a Republican, that the law …
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By Joshua McElwee ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Friday criticized both former U.S. President Donald Trump over his plan to deport millions of immigrants and Vice President Kamala Harris over her stance supporting abortion rights. Asked about the U.S. presidential election on his flight back to Rome from Singapore, the pope …
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By Jarrett Renshaw and Heather Timmons (Reuters) – Global pop star Taylor Swift’s support for Kamala Harris may have boosted the Democratic vice president’s hopes of attracting young voters, but the question remains: Will the celebrity endorsement make a difference on Election Day? Locked in a tight White House race, both Harris and her rival, …
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By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – Over one quarter of younger Black men say they would support Republican candidate Donald Trump in this year’s U.S. presidential election, an NAACP poll showed on Friday. Black voters have long been the most loyal Democratic constituency, but during Democratic President Joe Biden’s term, some younger Black voters …
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By Tim Reid, Ann Saphir and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will end all taxes on overtime pay as part of a wider tax cut package, if he is elected in the Nov. 5 election. “As part of our additional tax cuts, we will end all …
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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 47% to 42% in the race to win the Nov. 5 presidential election, increasing her advantage after a debate against the former president that voters largely think she won, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Thursday. The two-day …
(Reuters) – U.S. authorities are preparing to file criminal charges after the Trump campaign said in August that some of its internal communications were hacked and blamed the Iranian government, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Iranian government has denied that it hacked the Trump campaign. An FBI …
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By Kanishka Singh and Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House rebuked former President Donald Trump on Thursday for his association with far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who has been traveling this week with the Republican presidential candidate. Loomer says she does not work for Trump. However, she has mentioned speaking to him about …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai named veteran former congressional aide Jamila Thompson as her new chief of staff on Thursday as she seeks to maintain a robust trade agenda during the final months of President Joe Biden’s term. Thompson had been serving in the role in an acting capacity …
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