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By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court for decades has chipped away at campaign finance laws, deciding they suppress political speech in violation of constitutional protections. A case involving U.S. Vice President JD Vance being argued next week gives the court and its conservative majority a chance to amplify this trend. …

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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) – A Pentagon investigation has faulted U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for using Signal on his personal device to transmit sensitive information about planned strikes in Yemen, saying it could have endangered U.S. troops if intercepted, two people familiar with the document said on Wednesday. …

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By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, Dec 4 (Reuters) – China is deploying a large number of naval and coast guard vessels across East Asian waters, at one point more than 100, in the largest maritime show of force to date, according to four sources and intelligence reports reviewed by Reuters. China is in …

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By Laura Garcia, Diego Oré and Emily Green TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Honduran centrist presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla maintained a small lead over Trump-backed conservative Nasry Asfura on Wednesday, when a technical problem delayed the fourth day of vote-counting. With 80.29% of votes counted, the Liberal Party’s Nasralla held 40.23%, less than 14,000 votes …

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By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Cuba said it had reconnected its electrical grid and was gradually restoring power after a partial collapse on Wednesday left capital Havana and much of western Cuba in the dark, the latest incident in an energy crisis that has left millions suffering from prolonged blackouts for months. …

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