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By Daphne Psaledakis and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers are refusing to release millions of dollars in funding that Washington views as critical to help tackle spiraling violence in Haiti, in another potential stumbling block for the international force. Representatives Michael McCaul, Republican chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, and …

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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of U.S. President Joe Biden’s key campaign messages, that Donald Trump is a threat to democracy, is winning over fewer Black supporters and those without college degrees than other segments of his political base, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Worries about political extremism and threats to democracy have emerged …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A number of U.S. senators want the chamber to take its time in deciding whether to back a House of Representatives bill that would force Chinese-based ByteDance to divest short video app TikTok within six months or face a ban. The House voted 352-65 on Wednesday, just eight days …

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WASHINGTON – Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government, according to former U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the highly classified operation.  Three former officials told Reuters that the CIA created …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Indicted U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is considering running for re-election as an independent, NBC News reported on Thursday, citing sources. The New Jersey Democrat pleaded not guilty on Monday to a new indictment charging him with obstruction of justice, as his corruption trial draws near. Menendez was charged last year with taking …

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By Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) – Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will announce in late March a vice presidential running mate to join his independent bid for the White House, his campaign said on Wednesday. Kennedy Jr., part of the famed American political family, has shown some appeal among both Republicans and Democrats unenthused about …

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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey on Wednesday announced she was seeking to pardon hundreds of thousands of people convicted of misdemeanor marijuana possession in the years before the state legalized cannabis in 2016. The Democrat’s action followed President Joe Biden’s earlier moves to pardon thousands of people convicted of marijuana …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday sat down with leaders of the 1.3 million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters, six weeks after his Republican rival Donald Trump met with the union to seek their endorsement. Teamsters President Sean O’Brien told reporters after the meeting at the union’s headquarters in Washington …

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