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Trump holds slight lead over Biden in 6 swing states

Former President Donald Trump has a slight lead over or is tied with President Joe Biden in seven swing states, according to new polling by the Wall Street Journal. Trump’s…

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Mysterious lights streak across Southern California night sky

People across southern California witnessed streaks of light moving across the sky in the early hours of 2 April. It is unclear what caused the light, though people on social…

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Trump calls migrants ‘animals,’ intensifying focus on illegal immigration

By Nathan Layne, Gram Slattery and Tim Reid Donald Trump called immigrants illegally in the United States "animals" and "not human" in a speech in Michigan, resorting to the degrading…

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Blinken in Paris after Gaza NGO attack, French U.N. push

American Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks in Paris on Tuesday after a Washington-based NGO was struck by an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza, adding pressure on the…

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US judge receptive to Trump documents claims in warning sign for prosecutors

A federal judge overseeing the criminal case that accuses Donald Trump of mishandling classified documents has signaled an openness to the former U.S. president’s defense claims, in a sign that…

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Maryland Governor calls for federal funding for rebuilding of Key Bridge

With efforts underway to clean up thousands of tons of steel debris from the collapsed bridge in Baltimore's harbor, Maryland Governor Wes Moore on Sunday urged Republicans to work with…

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Protesters interrupt Biden, Obama, Clinton at $25 million New York fundraiser

By Jeff Mason President Joe Biden and his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, headlined a star-studded fundraiser with former President Bill Clinton on Thursday, offering a robust defense of the White…

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Ship that hit Baltimore bridge also involved in 2016 Antwerp accident

The ship that caused the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday was also involved in an accident in the port of Antwerp, Belgium, in 2016.…

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Baltimore rescuers lose hope for more survivors from bridge collapse

Rescuers have lost hope of finding more survivors of the Baltimore bridge collapse, the coast guard said, as efforts switched on Wednesday to looking for bodies of the missing and…

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Trump wins pause of $454 million civil fraud ruling, averting asset seizures

Donald Trump won a bid on Monday to pause his $454 million civil fraud judgment if he posts a smaller $175 million bond within 10 days, in a victory for the former…

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WATCH: Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapses after ship crash

The 1.6-mile (2.57 km) long Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, has partially collapsed after a ship hit it, and as many as seven people may be in the water,…

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Trump has hours to cover $454 million judgment or risk property seizure

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, March 25 (Reuters) - Donald Trump faces a Monday deadline to post a bond to cover a $454 million civil fraud judgment or face the…

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UPDATED: US Congress averts government shutdown, passing $1.2 trillion bill

By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress early on Saturday overwhelmingly passed a $1.2 trillion budget bill, keeping the government funded…

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US surgeons perform first pig-to-human kidney transplant

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - A 62-year-man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, doctors from Massachusetts General…

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US Congress releases $1.1 trillion spending package to avert shutdown

By David Morgan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - After days of delay, U.S. congressional leaders unveiled a $1.1 trillion bipartisan spending measure for defense, homeland security and…

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Trump campaign pleads for one million donations as cash crunch looms

Donald Trump's campaign called for donations from one million of his backers, warning he could lose his New York properties, two days after the former president failed to secure a…

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At a glance: March 19 presidential primary states and delegate counts

By Helen Coster Five states will hold their presidential nominating contests on Tuesday, a week after both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump netted enough delegates to clinch…

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Trump predicts the end of U.S. democracy if he loses 2024 election

By Tim Reid WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - Donald Trump said that if he does not win November's presidential election it will mean the likely end of American democracy. The Republican presidential…

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Trump launched CIA covert influence operation against China

By Joel Schectman, Christopher Bing WASHINGTON, March 14 - Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media…

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US has not adjusted nuclear posture in response to Putin remarks

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The United States has not adjusted its nuclear posture as a result of Russian President Vladimir Putin's new nuclear saber-rattling, a U.S. official said. The official, speaking…

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US House passes bill to force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face ban

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S. assets…

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US pause on funding UN relief agency for Palestinians may become permanent

U.S. officials are preparing for a pause on funding the main U.N. agency for Palestinians to become permanent due to opposition in Congress, even as the Biden administration insists the…

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US unveils roadmap to study, shift government spectrum for wireless use

The Biden administration on Tuesday released a detailed timeline for studying significant government-owned spectrum with the aim of helping to expand wireless and other technology uses. The Commerce Department's National…

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Prosecutor defends Biden ‘poor memory’ discussion in documents report

The U.S. prosecutor who sparked a political firestorm last month with a report saying President Joe Biden had a "poor memory" defended his assessment in congressional testimony on Tuesday, saying…

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US leads global oil production for sixth straight year- EIA

U.S. crude oil production lead global oil production for a sixth straight year, with a record breaking average production of 12.9 million barrels per day (bpd), the Energy Information Administration…

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Trump says tax cuts could offset 10% tariffs, eyes entitlements

Donald Trump laid out some of his financial priorities on Monday and defended his planned 10% across-the-board tariffs, saying any resulting price increase for families could be offset by tax cuts and…

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US spy agencies say country faces ‘increasingly fragile world order’

U.S. intelligence agencies said on Monday the country faces an "increasingly fragile world order," strained by great power competition, transnational challenges and regional conflicts, in a report released as agency…

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Biden launches major tour plus $30 million ad buy

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden visited Pennsylvania on Friday to kick off a tour of battleground states and his reelection team will spend $30 million on…

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Pentagon UFO report says most sightings ‘ordinary objects’, No evidence that aliens have visited Earth

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - A Pentagon report on unidentified flying objects said U.S. government investigations since the end of World War Two have found no evidence of extraterrestrial technology and had…

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US Senate passes spending bill, averts imminent shutdown

By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate narrowly averted a partial government shutdown, as the chamber approved spending legislation for several government agencies just hours…

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IMF’s Georgieva interested in second term as fund’s head, has support, say sources

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva is interested in a second five-year term heading up the global lender and is poised to secure…

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Israel, Laken Riley feature in Biden’s State of the Union speech

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday attacked former President Donald Trump's vision for America, criticized Israel and was challenged on immigration…

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US layoffs reach highest since last March

By Amina Niasse NEW YORK, March 7 (Reuters) - U.S. layoff announcements rose 3% last month to the highest level in 11 months as automation-related restructuring continues to take a…

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In State of the Union, Biden to sharpen contrast with Trump

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will use his fourth State of the Union address on Thursday night to sharpen distinctions between him and…

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After Super Tuesday, exhausted Americans face 8 more months of presidential campaigning

Now that Super Tuesday is over and the Democratic and Republican nominees are all but officially chosen, as everyone expected, voters can turn the page to the general election. But…

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Michelle Obama rules out running for president

Michelle Obama will not run for president, her office has said, quashing speculation that she will be parachuted in to replace Joe Biden on the 2024 ballot. Commentators from the…

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Biden’s post-Super Tuesday message: It’s Trump or me, folks

By Jarrett Renshaw, Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - Now that Donald Trump has all but sealed the Republican nomination to run for the White House,…

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Updated: Nikki Haley drops out of US Republican presidential race

March 6 (Reuters) - Nikki Haley is dropping out of the U.S. presidential race, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday, a decision that will ensure Donald…

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Donald Trump’s third presidential nomination has never been in doubt. He’s made an art of political survival

Donald Trump’s political obituary has been written many times. His dominant performance in the Super Tuesday Republican primaries marks one more instance of him outlasting those who counted him out.…

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UPDATED: Trump, Biden dominate Super Tuesday contests as they march toward rematch

By Nathan Layne and Alexandra Ulmer By Nathan Layne and Alexandra Ulmer PALM BEACH, Florida/HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, March 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump…

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Trump wins North Dakota caucus ahead of Super Tuesday vote

Donald Trump won the North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses on Monday, according to a projection by Edison Research, ahead of a slew of contests known as Super Tuesday when he is expected…

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Nikki Haley wins Washington, D.C., Republican primary, in small symbolic boost

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - Presidential contender Nikki Haley won the Washington, D.C., Republican primary on Sunday, her first victory in the nominating process and a symbolic win for the former U.S.…

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Trump moves closer to Republican nomination with string of victories

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Saturday easily won the Republican caucuses in Michigan, where the party has been riven by infighting that some Republicans fear could hurt…

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US Senate approves bill to avert government shutdown, sends it to Biden

By David Morgan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The Democratic-majority U.S. Senate approved a short-term stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown, after the Republican-controlled House of…

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US proposes to strengthen airline passenger wheelchair regulations

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Feb 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is proposing on Thursday new rules to strengthen protections for airline passengers using wheelchairs. Transportation Secretary…

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Trump is disqualified from Illinois ballot, judge rules

(Reuters) - An Illinois state judge barred Donald Trump from appearing on the Illinois' Republican presidential primary ballot because of his role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on…

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US Supreme Court to decide Trump criminal immunity claim in 2020 election case

Justices will hear arguments in the case in late April Trump claims presidential immunity from prosecution By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on…

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Odysseus moon lander still operational, in final hours before battery dies

By Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette (Reuters) - Odysseus, the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since 1972, neared the end of its fifth day on the lunar…

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Trump, Biden win Michigan primaries but Democrats mount Gaza protest vote

By Nandita Bose and Tim Reid DEARBORN, Michigan, (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden easily won the Democratic presidential primary in Michigan on Tuesday, but a protest vote by Democrats…

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US government shutdown: What would close, what would stay open?

By Andy Sullivan Feb 26 (Reuters) - Significant swaths of the U.S. government would have to suspend operations as soon as March 1 if Congress does not pass spending legislation…

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‘Nikki who?’: Trump campaign dismisses Haley after South Carolina win, she vows to fight on

By Nathan Layne, Alexandra Ulmer and Gram Slattery COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Donald Trump's campaign plans to treat Nikki Haley as irrelevant after he won the Republican primary in…

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Anti-Trump Republicans wonder if they still have a political home

By Alexandra Ulmer and Nathan Layne GEORGETOWN, South Carolina, Feb 24 (Reuters) - As Donald Trump comes close to clinching a third presidential nomination, anti-Trump Republicans are facing a sobering…

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Florida lawmakers pass bill to ban social media for anyone under 16

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Florida's Republican-controlled legislature has passed legislation that would ban anyone under age 16 from social media platforms in a move that supporters have said would…

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Trump eyes another easy win in South Carolina as Haley vows to fight on

By Alexandra Ulmer and Joseph Ax COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Donald Trump is seeking to cement his status as the Republican Party's effective presidential nominee in Saturday's…

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Bezos, Nvidia join OpenAI in funding humanoid robot startup

(Reuters) - Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, Nvidia and other big technology names are investing in startup Figure AI that develops human-like robots, Bloomberg News reported, citing people with knowledge of…

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Trump formally ordered to pay $454 million in New York fraud case

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, (Reuters) - Donald Trump was formally ordered by a New York judge to pay $454.2 million after being found liable for manipulating his net worth,…

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Moon lander Odysseus tipped sideways on lunar surface but ‘alive and well’

By Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette (Reuters) - The moon lander dubbed Odysseus is "alive and well" but resting on its side a day after its white-knuckle touchdown as the…

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