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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer Rudolph Giuliani on Tuesday secured a U.S. bankruptcy judge’s approval to challenge a $148 million defamation verdict won by two former Georgia election workers after he showed that he would not be spending his own money to do so. U.S. Bankr…

BOSTON (Reuters) — A Massachusetts man who was charged with his wife’s murder last year after her disappearance garnered national headlines was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years in prison for engaging in an earlier scheme to sell counterfeit Andy Warhol paintings. U.S. District Ju…

(Reuters) — An atmospheric river pounded California with thunderstorms and hail on Monday but spared the state major damage as there were no tornadoes which had been forecast as a possibility. Packing gusty winds, the storms knocked out power for more than 11,000 customers, according to PowerOutage…

ROCK HILL, South Carolina (Reuters) — Backers of Nikki Haley’s quest for the Republican presidential nomination are pouring money into states that hold early March nominating contests in a bid to keep her candidacy alive, regulatory filings and pro-Haley political operatives said. Those effor…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday said he is willing to meet with House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson to discuss a funding bill for Ukraine’s war against Russia, saying that Republicans are making a mistake by opposing the aid package. The Senate in a biparti…

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — The United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and opposing a major ground offensive by its ally Israel in Rafah, according to the text seen by Reuters. The move comes after…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Donald Trump, who drew criticism as U.S. president for his praise of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, on Monday made his first public comment on the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a social media post that cast no blame but alluded to his own legal woes. &#…

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — Mexico’s headline inflation rate likely eased in the first half of February, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, reinforcing bets that the country’s central bank could soon lower its key benchmark interest rate for the first time since 2021. A median forecast of 13 …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is set to ease proposed yearly requirements through 2030 of its sweeping plan to aggressively cut tailpipe emissions and ramp up electric vehicle sales, two sources told Reuters on Sunday. Automakers and the United Auto Workers …

SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Oil prices fell as investor attention returned to the demand outlook after reports of higher producer prices in the U.S., the world’s biggest oil user, stoked worries that sticky inflation and higher interest rates would limit fuel consumption growth. Brent crude futures…