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(Reuters) — Shortly after Wednesday’s second Republican presidential debate concluded, California Governor Gavin Newsom was holding court in the so-called “spin room,” bouncing from one network to another to tout Democratic President Joe Biden as the real winner of the evening. It…

(Reuters) — Torrential downpours that caused flash flooding in New York City on Friday reflect a “new normal” due to the effects of climate change, New York Governor Kathy Hochul warned on Saturday, as the city began drying out after one of its wettest days ever. Almost eight inches (20…

(Reuters) — A federal appeals court on Saturday blocked a venture capital fund from moving forward with a program that awards funding to businesses run by Black women in a case by the anti-affirmative action activist behind the successful U.S. Supreme Court challenge to race-conscious college admis…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Americans celebrated the 99th birthday of former President Jimmy Carter this weekend, with the White House putting up a wooden cake display on its north lawn and the Carter library in Georgia hosting a party for the public. Carter, a Democrat who served as U.S. president from…

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) gestures as he speaks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol after the House of Representatives passed a stopgap government funding bill to avert an immediate government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. September 30, 2023. REUTERS/ Ken Cedeno WASHINGT…

Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who was charged with one count of murder with a deadly weapon for his alleged role in leading a group of men to kill hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in a 1996 drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip, is shown in a photo released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police D…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The ranking Democrat on the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Friday he had asked the U.S. State Department to pause a portion of military aid to Egypt conditioned on human rights criteria. The announcement came a week after federal prosecutors announ…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Donald Trump ally and former Republican poll watcher Scott Hall on Friday pleaded guilty to conspiring to interfere with Georgia’s elections as part of the former U.S. president’s attempts to overturn his 2020 defeat. Hall so far is the only one of 19 defendants, …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Top U.S. general Mark Milley retired on Friday after a four-year tenure, saying in a speech that U.S. troops take an oath to the Constitution and not a “wannabe dictator,” an apparent swipe at former President Donald Trump. Milley was hailed by President Joe Biden…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Torrential downpours after a week of mostly steady rainfall brought flash flooding to New York City on Friday, disrupting subway service, inundating ground-level apartments and turning some streets into small lakes. Almost eight inches (20 cm) of rain fell in some parts of the …