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THOUSAND OAKS, California (Reuters) — A California man pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and battery charges on Friday in the death of a Jewish man who fell to the ground and hit his head during an altercation between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrators earlier this month. The suspect, Lo…

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday expressed a shared desire to tackle migration and drug trafficking, finding common ground on issues in the bilateral relationship and the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Biden was c…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows filed notice on Tuesday seeking to move a case brought against him by the district attorney in Georgia’s Fulton County to federal court, according to a court document. Meadows, who served in the Trump administration, was am…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The White House on Friday challenged the validity of an impeachment inquiry run by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives into President Joe Biden’s son’s business dealings. A letter from White House legal counsel Dick Sauber sent to House Republicans le…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — A New York judge on Friday rejected Donald Trump’s bid for a mistrial in state Attorney General Letitia James’ civil fraud lawsuit against him, after the former U.S. president accused the judge and his law clerk of being politically biased. Justice Arthur Engoron of…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Prosecutors in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case in Georgia on Friday proposed starting the trial on Aug. 5, 2024, just months before the November U.S. presidential election. If that date is accepted by Judge Scott McAfee, Trump could potentiall…

(Reuters) — Advisers to the U.S. health regulator said on Friday that data on Merck’s chronic cough drug does not provide sufficient evidence to prove its clinical benefit for patients. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) panel voted 12 to 1 against the late-stage data submitt…

BOSTON (Reuters) — Boston Federal Reserve President Susan Collins said on Friday she remained optimistic the U.S. central bank can lower inflation without doing substantial damage to the job market by taking a “patient” approach to any further interest rate moves. Collins said that whil…

(Reuters) — Wall Street’s three major indexes edged up slightly on Friday as investors digested recent gains while remarks from Federal Reserve officials clouded the outlook about when the U.S. central bank might start cutting interest rates. Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr said he be…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A Colorado judge on Friday allowed Donald Trump to remain on the ballot in the state’s election next year, but found that he “engaged in insurrection” by sparking the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. The ruling from Judge Sarah Wal…