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(Reuters) — Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ended his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday after failing to gain momentum for a campaign centered on fierce criticism of the policies and character of frontrunner Donald Trump. Christie dropped out just days befor…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The head of the largest U.S. oil and gas lobby group on Wednesday said that if regulators slow down or stop approving liquefied natural gas exports, they will put allies in Europe and Asia at risk. American Petroleum Institute President Mike Sommers issued the warning in resp…

(Reuters) — Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was overheard on Wednesday predicting that former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley would lose badly in her bid for the Republican presidential nomination, minutes before he ended his own quixotic 2024 campaign. “She’s gonna get smoked, an…

(Reuters) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company’s challenge to a voter-approved measure in California that banned flavored tobacco products in the most-populous U.S. state. The justices rejected an appeal by R.J. Reynolds, a unit of British American…

(Reuters) — Students in Iowa walked out of school on Monday to demonstrate at the state capitol, calling for lawmakers to take action to address gun violence after an 11-year-old was killed and five others wounded in a school shooting last week. Several dozen students waved signs and chanted “…

(Reuters) — Police responded on Sunday night to an apparent “swatting” call falsely reporting a shooting at the home of U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, the judge presiding over the criminal case charging former President Donald Trump with attempting to overturn his 2020 election defe…

(Reuters) — The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden will release a final rule as soon as this week that will make it more difficult for companies to treat workers as independent contractors rather than employees that typically cost a company more, an administration official said. The U.S. De…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — The Nasdaq scored its first gain of at least 1% in 2024 on Monday, as a fall in Treasury yields helped lift megacap stocks, while a sharp drop in Boeing shares kept gains on the Dow Industrials in check. Megacaps advanced, lifting stocks such as Amazon.com which closed up 2.66%…

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (Reuters) — With just one week to go before the first contest of the Republican presidential nominating process, the top three contenders are intensifying attacks on one another as they bid to be the one who takes on President Joe Biden in November’s election. For much of the…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Wayne LaPierre ran the National Rifle Association (NRA) as “Wayne’s World” for decades, a lawyer for New York state said at the start of the gun rights group’s corruption trial, three days after LaPierre suddenly resigned as chief executive. New York Att…