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By Christopher Bing and Katie Paul (Reuters) – A Chinese social media influence operation is impersonating U.S. voters, denigrating U.S. politicians and pushing divisive messages ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election in the United States, new research by intelligence company Graphika showed. The campaign is part of a known Chinese state-linked effort analysts have …

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By Jason Lange and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kamala Harris has neutralized Donald Trump’s edge on the economy among Hispanic voters, and her 13 percentage point lead within that group reflects the fact they vastly prefer her approach to healthcare and climate change, Reuters/Ipsos polling shows. On those latter issues, Hispanics favor Democratic Vice …

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(Reuters) – The members of Swedish pop group ABBA have asked U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to stop using their music and videos at his campaign rallies, the band’s record label said on Thursday. ABBA hits including “The Winner Takes It All”, “Money, Money, Money” and “Dancing Queen” were played at a rally held …

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By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – U.S. miners and battery recyclers are rushing to close government loans worth billions of dollars before January out of concern that former President Donald Trump would, if reelected, block funding needed to boost American output of critical minerals for the energy transition. Tumbling prices this year for lithium, nickel and …

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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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