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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to immediately decide former President Donald Trump’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat, allowing a lower court to continue reviewing the issue. The justices, rebuffing an extraor…

(Reuters) — The Wisconsin Supreme court on Friday ordered that legislative maps designed by the Republican-controlled legislature be redrawn, handing Democrats a victory in what has become a key political battleground state. The Supreme Court justices, in a 21-page ruling, sided with the left-leani…

MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart agreed during a call on Thursday that more enforcement at the border between their countries is needed, the White House said, as record numbers of people trying to cross have disrupted trade. Top U.S. officials …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The White House said on Thursday it is “very concerned” about reports that Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine convicted of espionage in Russia, feels under physical threat. “We’re very concerned as we hear those accounts from Paul,” John Kirby, a …

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Ozy Media has sued digital media company Buzzfeed, startup news outlet Semafor and its founder Ben Smith for allegedly stealing trade secrets from the now-shuttered U.S. media and entertainment company, court records filed on Thursday showed. Ozy and its CEO Carlos Watson were …

(Reuters) — The group behind the successful U.S. Supreme Court challenge to race-conscious college admissions policies urged a federal judge on Thursday to block the U.S. Military Academy at West Point from considering race when evaluating candidates to attend the elite military school. A lawyer fo…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Rudy Giuliani filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, just days after he was ordered to pay $148 million to two former Georgia election workers he falsely accused of fraud following Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss. Guiliani, who was known as “America’…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Washington does not see any change in China’s tone on Taiwan, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told CNBC on Thursday when asked about media reports that Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Joe Biden that Beijing will reunify Taiwan with China. THE TAKE NBC …

NEW YORK (Reuters) — The company that owns and operates adult entertainment websites including Pornhub.com will pay $1.8 million to the U.S. government to resolve a probe into its ties to an alleged sex trafficking operation, federal prosecutors said on Thursday. Under a deferred prosecution agreem…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — A sudden surge in U.S. stock volatility this week prompted some traders to blame short-dated options as the culprit, though others say the popular derivatives were just one piece of the puzzle. Traders got a rude awakening on Wednesday when stocks began sliding in the middle of…