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Democrat Sarah McBride set to be first openly transgender member of US Congress
By Moira Warburton WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Democrat Sarah McBride is expected to make history next week as the first openly transgender person elected to the U.S. Congress. She is no stranger...
Oct 29, 2024
In a small Wisconsin church, Trump's threat of refugee crackdown looms
By Kristina Cooke and Ted Hesson APPLETON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - On a fall Sunday in the U.S. election battleground state of Wisconsin, Masomo Rugama and fellow Congolese community members danced and ...
Oct 29, 2024
Exclusive-Biden's Justice Dept has yet to reach accords in police misconduct cases
By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has opened 12 investigations into possible civil rights abuses by police departments since Democratic Presiden...
Oct 29, 2024
Harris to speak on Tuesday at site of Trump's Jan. 6 rally
By Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver her presidential campaign's closing argument on Tuesday in Washington at the same spot where then-President Donald Trump g...
Oct 29, 2024
Biden announces $3 billion investment for US ports
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a $3 billion investment from his Inflation Reduction Act to improve the country's port infrastructure. The investment includes $147 million in...
Oct 29, 2024
Wall Street regulator pledges to press on amid Trump threats, political pressure
By Lananh Nguyen and Douglas Gillison LAS VEGAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gary Gensler, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, said on Monday that he would continue his work to protect inv...
Oct 28, 2024
Over 200,000 subscribers flee Washington Post after it blocks Harris endorsement, NPR reports
(Reuters) - More than 200,000 people had canceled their digital subscriptions for the Washington Post by midday on Monday, following the newspaper's decision to block an endorsement of Vice President ...
Oct 28, 2024
Top Nevada court says unpostmarked ballots received after US Election Day can be counted
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - The Nevada Supreme Court on Monday ruled that mail-in ballots received after Election Day without a postmark may be counted, a loss for Republicans in a battleground state th...
Oct 28, 2024
Republicans ask US Supreme Court to block Pennsylvania provisional ballots decision
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to block a judicial decision from Pennsylvania requiring the counting of provisional ballots cast by voters who make mist...
Oct 28, 2024
Washington state ballot box in flames in suspected arson, police say
By Moira Warburton and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Washington state ballot box used to collect early votes ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. election was engulfed in flames on Monday in a suspect...
Oct 28, 2024
