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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Nevada charged six Republican fake electors in connection with a scheme to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden, while 10 false electors reached a legal settlement in Wisconsin that affirmed the Democrat’s victory. WHY IT’S IMPOR…

(Reuters) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday threatened to prosecute any doctors involved in providing an emergency abortion to a woman, hours after she won a court order allowing her to obtain one for medical necessity. Paxton said in a letter that the order by District Court Judge Ma…

(Reuters) — The Biden Administration on Thursday announced it is setting new policy that will allow it to seize patents for medicines developed with government funding if it believes their prices are too high. The policy creates a roadmap for the government’s so-called march-in rights, which …

(Reuters) — The United Auto Workers (UAW) union said on Thursday that more than 1,000 factory workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, assembly plant have signed union authorization cards. Last week, the UAW said it was launching a first-of-its-kind push to publicly organize the entire…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Biden administration is considering getting behind new restrictions on who can seek asylum and an expanded deportation process to secure new aid for Ukraine and Israel in a supplemental funding bill, a source familiar with discussions said. The White House and U.S. Congre…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Former congressman Tom Suozzi will be the Democratic candidate in the Feb. 13 special election to succeed ousted lawmaker George Santos in the U.S. House of Representatives, local party leaders said on Thursday. Suozzi, who had previously held the seat before resigning to mou…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. lawmakers unveiled an annual defense policy bill leaving out most of the divisive social issues, such as abortion rights and treatment of transgender service members, that had threatened to derail the must-pass legislation. The Senate and House of Representatives Armed S…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Senate leaders vowed on Thursday to keep trying to reach an agreement to provide billions of dollars in new security aid to Ukraine, but faced uncertainty about doing so quickly after Republicans blocked a sweeping foreign security assistance bill. Senate Republicans vot…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Transportation Department needs to support the development of autonomous vehicles, a coalition of groups representing the industry warned on Thursday, saying the nascent industry risks losing out to competitors like China. “The AV industry is at a critical junc…

(Reuters) — Republican lawmakers in Georgia on Thursday approved a new map of U.S. House of Representatives districts for the 2024 election that maintains their current 9-5 advantage while creating a court-ordered majority-Black district west of Atlanta. In order to preserve Republicans’ stat…