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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday declined to reconsider its decision to largely uphold a judge’s order limiting former President Donald Trump’s statements about people involved in the federal case accusing him of plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Trump’…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden will speak to United Auto Workers members on Wednesday at a legislative conference in Washington, the union said Tuesday, as he looks to win support from autoworkers before the 2024 presidential election. UAW President Shawn Fain declined to comment M…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Donald Trump’s trial in the defamation case brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll will resume on Thursday, and will not be held on Wednesday as initially scheduled, Manhattan federal court records showed on Tuesday. The trial’s second postponement this week delays a…

ABUJA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said the United States is determined to remain a strong security partner for Nigeria, whose military is backed by the U.S., Britain and other allies in a long war against Islamist insurgents. Blinken also discussed challenges…

(Reuters) — A man who fatally shot eight people in Illinois over the weekend before taking own life as law enforcement closed in on him in Texas was a family relative to most of his victims, but his motives remain a mystery, police said on Tuesday. The suspect, 23-year-old Romeo Nance, shot himself…

(Reuters) — The Los Angeles Times plans to lay off 94 journalists who belong to the newspaper’s union, the head of the union said on Tuesday, adding to a string of job cuts that have swept the media industry in recent weeks. The layoffs represent about a fourth of the union’s membership…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made his first public appearance, virtually and from home since his secret hospitalization, during a meeting on Ukraine’s military needs on Tuesday but skipped over prepared remarks that would have addressed his health. Austin, 70, wa…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Former President Donald Trump’s network of Georgia supporters got a major boost on Monday as Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper and nearly half of the Georgia Senate’s GOP caucus endorsed his comeback bid. The endorsements from Harper and 14 state senators come a day befor…

BOSTON (Reuters) — A Chinese music student went on trial on Monday on U.S. charges that he harassed an activist who posted fliers at the Berklee College of Music in Boston supporting democracy in China and threatened to report her activities to Chinese law enforcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alath…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. and British forces carried out a fresh round of strikes on Monday in Yemen, targeting a Houthi underground storage site as well as missile and surveillance capabilities used by the Iran-aligned group against Red Sea shipping, the Pentagon said. The Houthis, who control t…