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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris plans to call for the construction of 3 million new housing units and outline new tax incentives for builders that construct properties for first-time home buyers, a source familiar with the plan told Reuters on Thursday. Those details are expected to be a part of Harris’s …

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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance and Democratic rival Tim Walz will debate on Oct. 1 on CBS, after Vance said in a post on X that he had agreed to the date. Vance, former President Donald Trump’s running mate, also said he had accepted CNN’s invitation to debate Walz, …

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By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – Billionaire Mark Cuban, Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci and congressman Adam Schiff were among a group of cryptocurrency advocates who called on Kamala Harris to reset the Democratic party’s policy on digital assets ahead of the November election. On Wednesday night, the new group Crypto4Harris convened its first virtual gathering …

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By Luc Cohen WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to delay sentencing in his New York criminal hush money case until after the Nov. 5 election, citing “election-interference objectives.” Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 18. That is two days after Justice Juan Merchan is …

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By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) – More Japanese companies believe a Kamala Harris presidency in the U.S. would be better for their businesses than a second Donald Trump administration, a Reuters survey showed on Thursday, reflecting the respondents concerns about protectionism and policy unpredictability. The outcome of November’s U.S. presidential election is being closely watched …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and discussed the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, Axios reported, citing two U.S. sources. One source told Axios Trump’s call was intended to encourage Netanyahu to take the deal, but stressed he did not …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hunter Biden reached out to the U.S. ambassador to Italy while his father, Joe Biden, was vice president in 2016 amid efforts to pursue a geothermal project at the Ukrainian company Burisma, where Hunter Biden served on the board, according to a New York Times report, citing records the newspaper obtained. Hunter Biden …

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