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(Reuters) – Special Counsel Jack Smith found President-elect Donald Trump engaged in an unprecedented criminal effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat, according to a report released by the Department of Justice on Tuesday. Smith, who resigned in the wake of Trump’s election victory in November, also found charges could be justified against Trump’s co-conspirators …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Traffic in Manhattan’s central business district fell by 7.5% last week and 273,000 fewer cars entered the borough’s central business district after the first congestion pricing fee in the U.S. took effect on Jan. 5, New York City transit officials said on Monday. The fee is designed to reduce traffic …

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By Kylie Madry and Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday rolled out an economic plan aimed at curbing imports from China in an apparent nod to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his allegations that Mexico is a back door for Chinese goods entering the United States. Sheinbaum also used her …

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(Reuters) – The Los Angeles wildfires, which have reduced entire neighborhoods to smoldering ruins and left an apocalyptic landscape, could become the costliest wildfires in U.S. history in terms of insured losses if analysts’ estimates of up to $20 billion materialize. Dangerously high winds were expected to resume on Monday in Los Angeles, potentially hampering …

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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Allstate has been sued by the state of Texas, which accused the insurer on Monday of illegally tracking drivers through their cell phones without their consent and using the data to justify charging more for car insurance. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Allstate created the “world’s largest driving behavior …

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CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela attorney general Tarek Saab said on Monday his office has requested an arrest warrant and Interpol red notice against opposition figure Leopoldo Lopez, who spent years in detention in Venezuela and has lived in Spain since 2020. Lopez has criticized the government in recent days amid opposition protests to President Nicolas …

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LIMA (Reuters) -A Peruvian judge on Monday threw out a money laundering trial that began last year involving former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, who was accused of received illegal funds from a Brazilian construction company and local firms. The politician, daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, faced up to 30 years in jail over the …

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