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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures on stage during a campaign rally in Richmond, Virginia,  March 2, 2024.  WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory on Monday as he campaigns to regain the presidency, overturning a judicial decision that…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Democratic senators called on President Joe Biden to press Israel for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, citing recent deaths of Palestinian civilians in its war with Hamas and what they portrayed as a lagging U.S. response to the humanitarian crisis. “This killing has to stop, …

BUDAPEST (Reuters) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet former U.S. President Donald Trump on March 8 in Florida, Orban’s press chief told Hungarian state news agency MTI late on Sunday. Last month nationalist Orban endorsed Trump’s bid to return to the U.S. presidency this…

CANADIAN, Texas (Reuters) — Fire crews in the Texas Panhandle on Friday were battling to get a tighter grip on the state’s largest wildfire on record, hoping to capitalize on a lull in incessant wind gusts that have fanned an inferno that has devastated the cattle-ranching region. The deadly …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A measure in the U.S. funding legislation unveiled by congressional leaders on Sunday would block China from buying oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The desire for a hard line on China is one of the few truly bipartisan sentiments in the deeply divided U.S. Congress,…

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) — Seven months into a crackdown by the city of San Diego on homeless encampments, many of the tents that once lined downtown sidewalks are gone. Now two California state senators – a Republican and a Democrat – have joined forces to propose a statewide version of San…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) — The world’s most famous sled-dog race got under way on Saturday when 38 mushers and their canine teams, one of the smallest rosters of competitors ever, lined up in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, to start the 52nd annual running of the Iditarod. The untimed and cere…

LA NEGRA, Chile (Reuters) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday predicted expanding demand for lithium – a core component needed in batteries for electric vehicles – would boost U.S. imports from Chile substantially in coming years. Yellen toured U.S. lithium producer Albem…

GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) — Republican frontrunner Donald Trump on Saturday made clear he was turning his focus to the November presidential election and a rematch with President Joe Biden, while his rival Nikki Haley was imploring Republican voters not to let Trump get that far. Trump a…