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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leading Republican in Congress, Mike Johnson, on Monday that President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court reform proposal would not be considered by the House. Speaker Johnson in a statement called the proposal an effort to “delegitimize the Court.” Biden is expected on Monday to propose sweeping reforms to the Supreme Court, including …

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By David Shepardson (Reuters) -U.S. railroad Union Pacific interfered in a federal safety audit after employees were coached how to respond, prompting the federal rail agency to end the review, the agency and the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee said on Friday. Senator Maria Cantwell said she was opening a probe into Union Pacific’s …

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More than 160,000 people joined a Zoom call on Thursday night to build support for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris among white women, a voter demographic that has supported Republican nominee Donald Trump in the past two elections. Organized by Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action, a gun-safety group with about 10 million …

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By Nicholas P. Brown MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (Reuters) – In his bestselling 2016 memoir, Republican vice presidential hopeful JD Vance questioned whether rural, white Americans, like those in his native Middletown, Ohio, had the drive to reverse their economic decline. But as Vance was writing, his hometown was in the thick of the grassroots revitalization he …

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(Reuters) – A Donald Trump presidency could be net bearish for oil prices due to a combination of factors including tariffs and oil-friendly policies, and pushing the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies (OPEC+) to release more oil into the market, Citi said in a research note on Thursday. “Trump could roll back …

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By Stephanie Kelly, Suzanne McGee and Hannah Lang NASHVILLE (Reuters) -Republican nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump once blasted cryptocurrency, calling it a “scam.” Now, he is headlining one of the industry’s biggest conferences. Trump, who made the comment in 2021, will speak on Saturday, the last day of the three-day Bitcoin 2024 convention …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who is set to be the Democratic candidate in November’s presidential election, has been a key player on national security issues, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday, adding she provides meaningful and helpful input. President Joe Biden dropped his bid for reelection on Sunday amid worries …

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