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By Alexandra Ulmer and Jason Lange (Reuters) – A handful of mega-rich donors have emerged as key backers of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, collectively donating more than $50 million to support his candidacy against Democratic incumbent Joe Biden.  With Trump’s small dollar donations slowing and some major Republican benefactors snubbing him, a clutch of …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge on Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to throw out an $83.3 million defamation verdict in favor of the writer E. Jean Carroll, who said the former U.S. president defamed her after she accused him of raping her decades ago. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 on Thursday to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules and reassume regulatory oversight of broadband internet rescinded under former President Donald Trump. The commission voted along party lines to finalize a proposal first advanced in October to reinstate open internet rules adopted in 2015 …

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By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court justices, wading back into the battle over abortion access, appeared divided on Wednesday in a case pitting Idaho’s strict Republican-backed abortion ban against a federal law that ensures that patients can receive emergency care. The justices heard arguments in an appeal by Idaho officials …

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By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Donald Trump on Tuesday easily won their primaries in the battleground state of Pennsylvania according to Edison Research, but thousands cast votes for former candidate Nikki Haley. Pennsylvania, with 19 Electoral College votes toward the 270 needed to win, is a top …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of 22 states led by California and five cities are backing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new tailpipe emissions rules after 25 Republican-led states sued the agency last week claiming the new regulations were unworkable and unlawful. The lawsuit filed Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for …

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By Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump agreed on Monday to additional restrictions on the $175 million bond in the former U.S. president’s New York civil fraud case, resolving concerns by the state attorney general that the funds were not secure. The bond issued by Knight Specialty Insurance is meant to secure …

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By Luc Cohen, Tom Hals (Reuters) -After Donald Trump lost a last-ditch bid to delay the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president, he lashed out at the New York judge overseeing the case: Justice Juan Merchan. “Judge Juan Merchan is totally compromised,” Trump wrote on March 28 on his Truth Social platform. “If …

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By Clark Mindock (Reuters) -Republican attorneys general from 25 states on Thursday sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to block rules intended to reduce planet-warming emissions from cars and light trucks and encourage electric vehicle manufacturing, arguing the agency exceeded its legal authority. The lawsuit challenging the regulations for passenger vehicles, finalized on March 20 …

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