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Iowa Caucus 2024: How does it work and why is it important?

By James Oliphant Republicans in Iowa will be the first to cast their votes in support of a presidential candidate in the 2024 election when they attend public gatherings on…

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US FAA extends Boeing MAX 9 grounding for new safety checks

By David Shepardson and Allison Lampert WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The U.S. aviation regulator extended the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplanes indefinitely for new safety checks and announced it…

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Blizzard strikes US Midwest, cancelling flights and disrupting presidential campaign

By Brendan O'Brien and Rich McKay CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tens of millions of Americans were in the pathway of dangerous and damaging weather conditions as snowstorms moved across the Northwest…

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Biden cites concern of impact of war in Middle East on oil prices

By Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh EMMAUS, Pennsylvania, (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said he was concerned about the impact of war in the Middle East on oil prices,…

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U.S. airlines cancel over 1,200 flights due to massive winterstorm

Jan 12 (Reuters) - Airlines in the United States canceled more than 1,200 flights on Friday after a massive winter storm knocked out power and affected businesses in 12 states,…

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Trump town hall viewership on Fox News tops CNN’s Republican debate audience

By Helen Coster NEW YORK, (Reuters) - Roughly 4.4 million people watched former U.S. President Donald Trump's live town hall on Fox News on Wednesday, topping the roughly 2.6 million…

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Trump critic Chris Christie drops out of Republican race

By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ended his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination after failing to gain momentum for a campaign centered on…

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Trump says he knows his VP pick, conditions NATO commitment on European treatment

By Nathan Layne DES MOINES, Iowa, (Reuters) - Donald Trump said that he knows who he wants for his running mate in the 2024 race for president and that his…

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US saw record ‘billion-dollar’ climate disasters, high temps in 2023

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - The U.S. had more "billion-dollar" floods, fires and other climate disasters in 2023 than ever before, and the country's average temperature was the fifth-highest on…

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NASA delays astronaut moon landing to 2026 amid spacecraft ‘challenges’

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - NASA on Tuesday added more delays to its Artemis moon program, scheduling for 2026 its first astronaut lunar landing in half a century while…

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Biden unaware of Pentagon chief’s prostate cancer until today

By Steve Holland, Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden did not learn that his defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, had prostate cancer until, the White…

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Storms envelop much of US, bringing heavy snow, rains, tornadoes

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Brutal winter weather enveloped much of the U.S. and was forecast to continue through the week in areas, with forecasters predicting heavy rains in the…

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Biden denounces ‘poison’ of white supremacy in South Carolina Black church

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday denounced white supremacy and political violence in a direct message to Black voters during a visit to South Carolina aimed at shoring up a…

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CDC says JN.1 variant accounts for about 62% of COVID cases in US

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that COVID subvariant JN.1 accounts for about 62% of cases in the U.S. as of Jan. 5, according to…

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Pence says he believes the FBI was not involved in Jan. 6 riot

Just over three years since rioters stormed the Capitol and targeted him, former Vice President Mike Pence pushed back against the theory popularized by former President Donald Trump and members…

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Trump says he will attend federal appeals court arguments on presidential immunity

Jan 8 (Reuters) - Donald Trump said he will be attending an appeals court hearing regarding the scope of his presidential immunity in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, in comments in…

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UPDATED: Moon lander from US company launches to space aboard Vulcan rocket

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A robotic lander built by a private company was bound for the moon on Monday in an attempt to make the first…

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Top US Congress Democrat, Republican reach spending deal, starting race to pass it

By Kanishka Singh and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The top Democrat and Republican in the U.S. Congress on Sunday agreed on a $1.59 trillion spending deal, setting up a…

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House Speaker Johnson invites Biden to give State of the Union address March 7

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson invited President Joe Biden to give the State of the Union address on March 7. Johnson, a Republican,…

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US appeals court prevents California from banning guns in most public places

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal appeals court allowed a judge's ruling that barred California from enforcing a new law that bans the carrying of guns in most public…

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NASA warns Moon’s resources could be ‘destroyed by thoughtless exploitation’

Science and business are heading for an astronomical clash – over the future exploration of the moon and the exploitation of its resources. The celestial skirmish threatens to break out…

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Trump, in Iowa, demands release of those jailed for 2021 Capitol attack

By Gram Slattery and James Oliphant Donald Trump downplayed his role in the siege of the U.S. Capitol on the third anniversary of the attack, arguing that those prosecuted for…

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Controversy after secret hospitalization of US defense secretary

By Phil Stewart and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement that he took "full responsibility" for secrecy surrounding an ongoing, week-long hospitalization…

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Mask mandates return at some US hospitals as COVID, flu jump

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Hospitals in at least four U.S. states have reinstated mask mandates amid a rise in cases of COVID, seasonal flu and other respiratory illness. Healthcare…

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Epstein accuser says Prince Andrew groped her, documents show

By Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen NEW YORK, (Reuters) - A woman who has said she was victimized by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Britain's Prince Andrew put his…

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UN experts sound alarm over planned first US execution by nitrogen gas

GENEVA, Jan 3 (Reuters) - United Nations experts on Wednesday called on U.S. authorities not to go ahead with the planned execution of an inmate by nitrogen hypoxia, saying the…

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US charges ex-fintech CEO who tried to buy Sheffield United with fraud

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan unveiled criminal charges against a Nigerian fintech businessman who recently bid unsuccessfully for an English Premier League soccer team,…

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Trump appeals disqualification from Maine primary ballot

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - Donald Trump appealed a decision from Maine’s top election official disqualifying him from the state’s Republican presidential primary ballot next year over his role…

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The Road to the White House: The key dates in the U.S. Presidential election

Former President Donald Trump leads a pack of six Republican candidates jostling to be their party's presidential nominee for the 2024 election, while President Joe Biden faces little opposition in…

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Six space missions to look forward to in 2024

It’s going to be a bumper time for space missions in 2024 – especially to the Moon, our nearest neighbour. And that’s following on from an already epic 2023. I’m…

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Ex-Trump fixer Michael Cohen says AI created fake cases in court filing

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former fixer and lawyer, said in court papers unsealed on Friday that he mistakenly gave his attorney fake case citations generated…

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World population on New Year’s Day will stand at more than 8 billion

Data released by the US Census Bureau on Thursday said the world population grew by 75 million people over the past year. On New Year's Day it will stand at…

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US, Mexico agree to strengthen efforts to curb record migration

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) - Mexican and U.S. officials have agreed to work together more closely to tackle record migration at their shared border, the countries' governments said in a joint…

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US military’s secretive spaceplane launched on possible higher-orbit mission

By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, (Reuters) - The U.S. military's secretive X-37B robot spaceplane blasted off from Florida on Thursday night on its seventh mission, the…

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Maine elections official disqualifies Trump from presidential primary ballot

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - Maine disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year’s U.S. presidential primary election, becoming the second state to bar the former president…

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US buys 3 million barrels of oil for strategic reserve

The United States has finalized contracts to purchase three million barrels of oil to help replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after the largest sale in history last year, the…

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Trump shares poll showing voters associate potential second term with ‘revenge’

By Gram Slattery Republican presidential contender Donald Trump posted a poll on Truth Social on Tuesday, highlighting that the word voters most associate with a potential second term under his…

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Nikki Haley surges in poll

The former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley has pulled within four percentage points of frontrunner Donald Trump in New Hampshire’s 2024 Republican presidential primary, a contest which could prove closer…

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Biden administration takes first step toward writing key AI standards

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The Biden administration said this week it was taking the first step toward writing key standards and guidance for the safe deployment of generative…

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Rudy Giuliani seeks bankruptcy after $148 million judgment in defamation case

By Luc Cohen and Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rudy Giuliani filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, just days after he was ordered to pay $148 million to two former…

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More than 170 Jeffrey Epstein associates to be named next month

More than 170 associates of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are set to be named in public next month after a ruling by a New York court. Judge Loretta Preska’s…

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What does Trump’s disqualification ruling in Colorado mean?

By Jack Queen Dec 20 (Reuters) - Donald Trump was disqualified from Colorado's presidential primary ballot by the state's Supreme Court on Tuesday, an extraordinary ruling that could be struck…

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Trump barred from Colorado primary ballot for role in US Capitol attack

By Andrew Goudsward and Jack Queen WASHINGTON,(Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump is disqualified from serving as U.S. president and cannot appear on the primary ballot in Colorado because of…

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US lawmakers urge Biden to probe EU targeting of tech firms -letter

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has written to U.S. President Joe Biden, warning European technology regulation could threaten U.S. interests. Under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), five major…

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Wars raise profit outlook for US defense industry in 2024

When the Pentagon pulled the world's biggest defense contractors into a meeting to tell them to ramp up production shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, one CEO hesitated, saying they did…

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Yes, Trump can win the 2024 election. Here are four reasons why

By James Oliphant WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - He has been impeached twice, tried to thwart the peaceful transfer of power after losing the 2020 presidential election, faces scores of charges in…

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Arctic warming threatens wider world with rising seas – US report

By Timothy Gardner and Daniel Trotta The Arctic experienced the warmest summer on record this year, contributing to extraordinary wildfires and melting glaciers while threatening the rest of the world…

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White House in ‘intensive’ talks with Israel on next phase of Gaza war, aide says

Washington is pushing Israel to focus the war in Gaza on precise targeting of Hamas leaders rather than widespread bombing and ground operations, the White House national security adviser said…

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Biden impeachment inquiry authorized by House Republicans, despite lack of evidence

By Moira Warburton and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted to formally authorize its ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, as Republicans unite behind…

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Trump says he would renege on $3 billion US pledge for Green Climate Fund

By Nathan Layne CORALVILLE, Iowa (Reuters) - Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, said that if elected he would renege on a $3 billion U.S. pledge to…

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US issues sweeping sanctions targeting Russia over Ukraine war

By Daphne Psaledakis, Simon Lewis and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on hundreds of people and entities, including in China, Turkey and the…

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White House warns of democracy threat after Trump repeats dictator remark

U.S. President Joe Biden has been working to guard against the "unprecedented threats" facing American democracy, a White House official said on Monday, responding to Donald Trump's comments that he…

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US flags early 2024 for new rule targeting real estate money laundering

The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday said its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) unit is planning to propose a long-awaited rule aimed at curbing money laundering in real estate in…

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Biden invites Zelenskiy to White House for Dec 12 meeting

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has invited Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to a meeting at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing war against…

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Hunter Biden hit with federal charges for evading tax

By Costas Pitas and Andrew Goudsward LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Department of Justice on Thursday filed new criminal charges against U.S. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, accusing him of…

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Binance’s former chief has to stay in US until February sentencing -filing

NEW YORK, (Reuters) - Former Binance chief Changpeng Zhao has to remain in the continental United States ahead of his sentencing for violating U.S. anti-money laundering laws, U.S. District Judge…

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Do not let Putin win, Biden pleads with Republicans on Ukraine

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Steve Holland and Mike Stone WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - President Joe Biden pleaded with Republicans for a fresh infusion of military aid for Ukraine, warning that a victory…

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