WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Judy Chang, a Democrat, as a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the third and final of President Joe Biden’s picks for FERC that the chamber approved this week. The tally was 63 to 33. Chang is an energy economics and policy expert and former …
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By David Shepardson, Joey Roulette and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Jeff Zients, U.S. President Joe Biden’s White House chief of staff, on Thursday met with top American business leaders in Washington as they seek to curry favor with corporate America months ahead of elections, two sources said. Trump …
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By Helen Coster and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – One late afternoon in mid-May, a half dozen Hispanic day laborers were paid $20 each to parade in front of the White House on camera, holding signs with slogans like “I Love Biden” and “I Need Work Permit for My Family.” The stunt was orchestrated …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump called Milwaukee a “horrible city” in a closed door meeting with Republican lawmakers on Thursday, one month before he is due to accept his party’s presidential nomination there, according to media reports. “Milwaukee, where we are having our convention, is a horrible city,” Trump said, Punchbowl News reported, …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Reserve may have just ducked out of the presidential campaign spotlight with a fresh set of forecasts showing no interest rate cuts are likely until after Election Day. Central bank policymakers on Wednesday kept their benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5.25%-to-5.50%, where it has been since last July. They also issued …
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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Most U.S. voters followed the criminal trial of President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden and the vast majority say his conviction won’t affect their vote in the Nov. 5 election, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Tuesday. Some 67% of registered voters in the two-day poll said …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Jersey businessman testified this week at U.S. Senator Bob Menendez’s corruption trial that the lawmaker claimed to have “saved” the insurance broker, who bought Menendez’s wife a $60,000 Mercedes-Benz, from criminal probes. Star prosecution witness Jose Uribe told jurors he bribed Menendez by buying a car …
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By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate health panel said on Tuesday it would vote this month on whether to subpoena Novo Nordisk to answer questions about U.S. prices for weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, which are far higher than those in other countries. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, …
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By Tom Hals and Jack Queen WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – A jury on Tuesday found U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter guilty of making false statements on a gun background check and of illegally possessing a firearm. Here is what happens next. WILL HUNTER BIDEN BE INCARCERATED? Hunter Biden is facing a maximum of 25 …
By Ted Hesson, Mica Rosenberg and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is blocking migrants from claiming asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border until attempted crossings fall under new actions rolled out last week. WHAT DOES THE BIDEN ASYLUM BAN DO? The new asylum ban allows authorities to quickly deport or send …
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