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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Election Commission on Tuesday granted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump a second 45-day extension to file personal financial disclosures. Trump had initially been due to report on his personal financial situation to the Federal Election Commission on May 15 but was granted an extension until July 1 on request. …

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(Reuters) – President Biden’s son Hunter, who was convicted by a jury earlier this month of lying about his illegal drug use to buy a gun, has had his license to practice law suspended in the District of Columbia, according to a filing. (Reporting by Costas Pitas; editing by Rami Ayyub)

(Reuters) – Uncertainty looms over the U.S. auto industry, fueled by expectations that the presidential elections in November will reshape the economy, affect interest rates or influence inflation levels, a report from Cox Automotive showed on Tuesday. Cox forecast that new-vehicles sales volume in the first half of 2024 will rise by 2.9% year-over-year and …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Two federal judges in Kansas and Missouri on Monday at the urging of several Republican-led states blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from further implementing a new student debt relief plan that lowers payments. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree in Wichita, Kansas, blocked the U.S. Department of Education from implementing parts of …

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By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – The legislature of New York’s Nassau County passed a law on Monday to ban women’s and girl’s sports teams from using sports facilities in the county on Long Island unless they exclude transgender girls and women from playing. The law was virtually identical to a thwarted order issued …

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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule expanding the cases in which construction contractors are required to pay workers prevailing wages that apply to $200 billion of federally funded infrastructure projects. U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings in Lubbock, Texas, said the U.S. Department of Labor lacks …

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