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(Reuters) — Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law on Wednesday a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools, making the state one of a few to enact broad measures against what she and other Republicans call a leftward tilt in U.S. education. The bill, which passed Alabama…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Congress on Tuesday labored against a tight deadline to write a massive bill funding military, homeland security and a range of other government programs following a deal reached by congressional leaders and the White House. Failure to act by midnight Friday would me…

(Reuters) — The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of Javelin missiles and related equipment to Morocco for an estimated cost of $260 million, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The prime contractors of the anti-tank missiles are Lockheed Martin and RTX Corp, the Pentagon said in a sta…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a U.S. Supreme Court brief in his bid for criminal immunity for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, arguing that a former president enjoys “absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his official acts.” The case is due to …

(Reuters) — U.S. oil production will grow to exceed 14 million barrels per day and then plateau, ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance forecast on Tuesday. Output in the top U.S. shale field, the Permian basin of West Texas and New Mexico, will rise between 300,000 bpd and 400,000 bpd this year, he said in…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Donald Trump on Tuesday said on social media that he may be forced to mortgage or sell parts of his real estate business holdings at “fire sale prices” to secure a bond to cover a $454 million civil fraud judgment in New York. The posts by the Republican challenger …

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Donald Trump’s efforts to secure a bond to cover a $454 million judgment in a New York civil fraud case has been rejected by 30 surety companies, his lawyers said on Monday, inching him closer to the possibility of having his properties seized. The former president must e…

(Reuters) — Billionaire investor Nelson Peltz plans to vote for Donald Trump, citing concerns over 81-year-old President Biden’s fitness for office, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. “It will probably be Trump and I’m not happy about that,” Peltz told the Financial Ti…