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(Reuters) — The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Thursday approved a $45 million settlement agreement between its Safety and Enforcement Division (SED) and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), for the utility’s part in the destructive 2021 Dixie wildfire. The Dixie fir…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Donald Trump leads Democratic President Joe Biden by six percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Americans are unhappy about an election rematch that came into sharper focus this week. The nationwide poll of 1,250 U.S. adults showed Trump leading Biden 40% to 34…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Bipartisan U.S. Senate talks on a border security deal that some have set as a condition for further Ukraine aid have hit a critical point, lawmakers said on Thursday, though the chamber’s top Democrat said the negotiators would continue to push forward. A small group o…

ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) — A volunteer police force in rural Mexico that says it has been overwhelmed by local kidnappings has recruited schoolchildren as young as 12 to join its ranks, the latest sign of how some parts of the country are struggling to cope with organized crime. Armed with rifles…

(Reuters) — The Republican National Committee will consider a proposal next week to declare former President Donald Trump the party’s presumptive presidential nominee as pressure mounts on his last remaining rival, Nikki Haley, to drop out of the race. Trump ally David Bossie circulated a dra…

(Reuters) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s campaign said it had raised $1 million since Donald Trump issued a warning to her donors, even as at least two prominent benefactors of hers turned off the taps, saying Trump was now the de facto party nominee. Trump issued a threat …

CHICAGO (Reuters) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday drew a stark contrast between President Joe Biden’s economic policies and those of former President Donald Trump, saying that Biden’s approach has produced the “fairest recovery on record” and will reap mor…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. House Committee on Ethics said on Thursday that it was no longer pursuing an inquiry into Democratic Representative Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm while trying to use a locked exit in September as lawmakers prepared to vote on a measure to avert a government …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden sent a letter to leaders of key Capitol Hill committees on Wednesday informing them of his intention to begin the formal notification process for the sale of Lockheed Martin F-16 aircraft to Turkey once Ankara completes Sweden’s NATO accession process…

BEIJING (Reuters) — The United States Navy sailed its first warship through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Wednesday following presidential and parliamentary elections on the island, drawing the ire of Beijing. The U.S. Navy said the destroyer USS John Finn transited through a corridor in the Taiwa…