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By Ahmed Aboulenein and Amina Niasse WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than 1 million people in the U.S. will save over $1,000 a year beginning in 2025, when an annual $2,000 cap on prescription drug out-of-pocket costs kicks in, the leading lobbying group for older Americans said on Wednesday. The cap, introduced as part of President Joe …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sarah Palin on Wednesday won her bid for a new trial against the New York Times over an editorial that the former Alaska governor said was defamatory. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Palin can again try to prove the Times should be liable for a 2017 …

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By Rich McKay (Reuters) – A Florida judge denied bond on Tuesday for a former sheriff’s deputy charged in the May shooting death of a Black man serving in the U.S. Air Force, who answered a knock on his apartment door while holding a gun pointed down, according to jail records and media reports. Eddie …

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By Kanishka Singh and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump has added former White House hopefuls Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard to his transition team if he wins November’s U.S. presidential election, his campaign said on Tuesday. Kennedy and Gabbard hail from outside the Republican party sphere where former President Trump draws …

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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s advantage over Kamala Harris on the economy and crime is eroding among U.S. voters, a sign the Democratic vice president’s campaign is gathering momentum ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The three-day poll, conducted Aug. 23-25, showed Republican former President Trump’s …

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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Texas and a coalition of Republican-led states on Friday sued President Joe Biden’s administration over a new program that offers a path to citizenship for immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally and are now married to U.S. citizens. The lawsuit argues the program, which began accepting applications on Monday, oversteps …

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By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Multiple U.S. Secret Service agents have been placed on leave following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump last month, media outlets reported on Friday. Fox and CBS reported that at least five Secret Service members involved in the incident, including the head of the Secret Service’s Pittsburgh …

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By Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) -Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said in her Democratic National Convention speech on Thursday that as president she will aim to pass a middle class tax cut. Harris said her opponent, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, was not concerned about the middle class. “Instead of the Trump …

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By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The level of political donations from major food companies accepted by Democratic lawmakers has ticked higher this congressional election cycle, even as many Democrats have accused the top U.S. grocery chains and their suppliers of pushing prices higher at consumers’ expense, a Reuters analysis of Federal Election Commission data …

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