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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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(Reuters) – U.S. stock futures slipped and the dollar edged lower in early Asian trading on Wednesday as Republican Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris faced each other for the first time, with some analysts saying Harris put in a slightly stronger performance. Online prediction market PredictIt’s 2024 presidential general election market showed …

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(Reuters) – Fox News said it proposed to hold a second presidential debate in October, adding it ‍sent letters to the campaigns for both Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican rival Donald Trump before Tuesday night’s debate. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom Hogue)

By Alexandra Ulmer and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) -Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump faced off on Tuesday in their first presidential debate of the 2024 presidential election. Below are reactions from political strategists, politicians, and donors: MARC SHORT, FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF TO VP PENCE “Trump missed an opportunity to …

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By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, majority-owned by former U.S. President Donald Trump, surged for a second day on Tuesday ahead of a debate between the Republican presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris. The stock jumped over 4% and lifted the value of Trump’s stake in the company …

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(Reuters) – The Michigan Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will remain as a presidential candidate on the state’s ballots for the Nov. 5 election, despite his request to be removed, in a potential blow to Republican Donald Trump. Kennedy dropped out as an independent candidate in the presidential race …

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