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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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(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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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government will increase security for Congress’ certification of the Nov. 5 election result, which is due on Jan. 6, to avoid a repeat of the 2021 attack on the Capitol by supporters of Republican former President Donald Trump. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The U.S. Department of Homeland Security …

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By Howard Schneider Springfield, Ohio (Reuters) -Rose Joseph and Banal Oreus followed different paths from Haiti to this struggling Midwestern industrial city that suddenly finds itself at the center of the U.S. presidential race. Joseph arrived in 2022 after landing in Florida two years earlier to escape violence in Haiti, journeying north on word of …

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By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson canceled a vote scheduled for Wednesday on his stopgap funding bill, saying more work was needed to build support for a measure, less than three weeks before a government shutdown deadline. “No vote today, because we’re in the consensus-building business here in …

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