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(Reuters) — New York Mayor Eric Adams on Friday vetoed legislation that would ban the use of solitary confinement in city jails and a second bill that would force police officers to document more of their stops, but city council leaders vowed to override the vetoes. Adams, a Democrat and former New…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. lawmakers on Friday advanced a bill to enhance tax breaks for businesses and low-income families in a strong show of bipartisan support for the largely revenue-neutral measure, despite their deep divisions over federal spending levels. The House of Representatives Ways a…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A lawyer hired to help run the Georgia election interference criminal case against Donald Trump paid for airline tickets for the district attorney overseeing the prosecution, bank records attached to a legal filing showed on Friday, potentially bolstering claims the two had a…

(Reuters) — A U.S. court on Friday approved claims by 17 Venezuela-linked creditors, including ConocoPhillips, Rusoro Mining and Koch Industries, to get proceeds from a coming auction of shares in the parent of Venezuela-owned oil refiner Citgo Petroleum to satisfy claims for expropriations and deb…

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) — Nikki Haley made it clear to New Hampshire voters on Friday: She won’t serve as former President Donald Trump’s vice president if he wins the Republican nomination. Haley, who’s challenging Trump for the Republican presidential nod, has long s…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Dozens of President Joe Biden’s fellow Democrats signed a letter on Friday urging his administration to reaffirm that the U.S. strongly opposes “the forced and permanent displacement” of Palestinians from Gaza. The letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken…

(Reuters) — President Joe Biden signaled on Friday that he is hopeful a deal over the U.S.-Mexico border could be worked out next week at least in the Democratic-controlled Senate, and said he was ready to embrace “massive changes.” Republicans in Congress have blocked emergency funding…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States does not expect formal nuclear arms-control negotiations with China anytime soon, but does want to see a start of discussions on practical risk-reduction measures, a senior White House official said on Thursday. Pranay Vaddi, the senior White House official …

(Reuters) — Los Angeles Times plans to lay off a “significant” number of journalists, the newspaper’s guild said on Thursday, adding that they would organize a one-day walk-out on Friday to protest against the planned move. The layoffs could impact at least 100 journalists or abou…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, the most senior member of the Senate, has been discharged from hospital and expects to be back to work next week, his office said in a statement on Thursday. On Tuesday, his office said Grassley, 90, was receiving antibiotic infusions a…