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(Reuters) — Elon Musk’s X Corp, facing its own legal claims over unpaid rent, has sued a financial services company to recoup more than $713,500 in allegedly past due rent and other fees stemming from a sublease agreement for San Francisco office space. X, formerly known as Twitter, sued Atla…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Biden administration on Friday named veteran diplomat Mark Lambert as its top China policy official at the State Department at a time when ties between the two strategic rivals remain fraught over issues including Taiwan, trade and U.S. curbs on Beijing’s access to …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Hardline Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday rejected a bill proposed by their leader to temporarily fund the government, making it all but certain that federal agencies will partially shut down beginning on Sunday. In a 232-198 vote, the House defeated…

(Reuters) — U.S. presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will announce he is running as an independent instead of pursuing his long-shot bid to oust President Joe Biden as the Democratic Party nominee, a shift that could complicate the 2024 election. Anti-vaccine activist Kennedy, a member of a …

(Reuters) — The U.S. government’s Medicare health insurance program can begin negotiating prices for some prescription drugs this fall under a new program, a federal judge ruled on Friday, vindicating one of President Joe Biden’s signature initiatives. The order by U.S. District Judge M…

(Reuters) — Washington’s National Zoo is honoring its three giant pandas with nine days of events ahead of their return to China but stormy weather and a looming U.S. government shutdown have put something of a damper on the festivities. The “Panda Palooza” to honor their legacy a…

ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) — Donald Trump campaigned in California on Friday, just two days after skipping the Republican presidential debate there, looking to build support in the state with the biggest prize in his party’s 2024 White House nominating race. “With your help, we’…

(Reuters) — A New Mexico man was charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting a demonstrator at a protest over plans to reinstall a statue of a Spanish conquistador in the north of the state, police said. Twenty-three-year-old Ryan Martinez of Sandia Park was arrested on Thursday after he s…

(Reuters) — Staff at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top research center have complained to federal regulators about hazards in the site’s ventilation system, four months after an initial federal complaint raising other workplace safety concerns, according to a copy of the latest c…

(Reuters) — Fresno, California, became only the second U.S. city to ban caste discrimination after a unanimous city council vote that added caste and indigeneity as two new protected categories into its municipal code. THE TAKE A movement against caste discrimination has picked up some momentum in …