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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York judge on Friday said he would conduct further inquiry before ruling on the U.S. Department of Justice’s request to dismiss its corruption case against Eric Adams, but delayed the Democratic New York City mayor’s criminal trial indefinitely. In a written ruling, U.S. District Judge Dale …

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By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – A U.S. senator has demanded to know whether the White House has considered firing Democrats on the bipartisan Federal Trade Commission, a move that would be illegal under current law. U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, on Friday said he is concerned that Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew …

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PARIS (Reuters) – French far-right leader Jordan Bardella on Friday cancelled his speech at the conservative CPAC conference in Washington after what he described as a Nazi salute by a speaker, an apparent reference to Steve Bannon, his National Rally (RN) party said. Bardella, 29, president of the RN, is the right-hand-man to the party’s …

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By Sriparna Roy and Amina Niasse (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is investigating UnitedHealth’s Medicare billing practices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, while the health insurer said it was unaware of any new probe underway. UnitedHealth Group shares were down 7.3%, weighing on the broader Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was down …

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PARIS (Reuters) -Patrick Pouyanne, the chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, said on Friday the European Union may wish to consider its own government downsizing programme, like the one implemented by U.S. President Donald Trump. Many critics of the EU say its bureaucratic processes hold back the bloc compared to the U.S. and China, which have …

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BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Thousands rallied in Bratislava and other Slovak cities on Friday calling for Prime Minister Robert Fico to resign and keeping up protests against a foreign policy that critics say pulls the country closer to Russia. Protests have happened every other week since early January, sparked by a December meeting between Fico and …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. government and a Venezuelan state airline flew 177 Venezuelan migrants from Guantanamo Bay to Honduras and on to Venezuela on Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security said. Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello was at the airport outside Caracas when the plane landed at around 10 p.m. …

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