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CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – For much of her 2024 presidential campaign, Nikki Haley spoke fondly of serving under former President Donald Trump for two years as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.  Trump, she often told voters, was “the right president at the right time.” But when Haley suddenly found herself in a head-to-head …

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(Reuters) – Donald Trump met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, one of the world’s richest individuals, in Florida over the weekend as the former Republican president seeks a major cash infusion for his latest re-election campaign, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The Times cited three people briefed on Sunday’s private meeting in Palm …

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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court acted unanimously when it sided with Donald Trump and prevented states from barring candidates for federal office from ballots based on a constitutional provision concerning insurrection. But despite the 9-0 outcome, the nation’s highest judicial body clearly remained deeply divided, just as it has been in …

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By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – Crypto is back! And it’s not just in the markets. The burgeoning cryptocurrency industry is jumping into the 2024 U.S. election, spending millions of dollars in Super Tuesday primary contests in California, Alabama and Texas to boost crypto-friendly candidates and defeat those pushing for more regulation. How these …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Democratic U.S. lawmakers who just returned from Cuba pushed back against Republicans’ criticism of the trip, calling on President Joe Biden’s administration to ease restrictions on relations with the Communist-ruled island. Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Ilhan Omar, chair and deputy chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, were in …

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By Andrew Goudsward FORT PIERCE, Florida (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s lawyers told a U.S. judge on Thursday that he believes he cannot get a fair trial this year on charges of mishandling classified documents after leaving the White House, while he campaigns to try to recapture the presidency. U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is bringing …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Thursday nominated two Democrats and one Republican to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), an independent panel that rules on energy transmission and liquefied natural gas projects. The two Democrats nominated were David Rosner, a FERC energy industry analyst currently on detail with the U.S. Senate energy committee, …

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