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Analysis-Despite U.S. inflation’s bite, Democratic voters are energized for midterms
By Jason Lange and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The unexpected rise in inflation reported on Tuesday was an unwelcome blow for President Joe Biden's Democrats, but a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows De...
Sep 13, 2022
West Virginia lawmakers approve near-total abortion ban
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - West Virginia lawmakers on Tuesday passed a sweeping abortion ban, prohibiting the procedure even in the earliest days of pregnancy with limited exceptions for rape, in...
Sep 13, 2022
Gordon-Booth, Koehler defend cashless bail provision of SAFE-T Act
PEORIA, Ill. – A local lawmaker says there’s a lot of misinformation being spread about the SAFE-T Act, even though some in both parties say change needs to happen. Democrat State Represen...
Sep 13, 2022
Smugglers put migrants in suitcases, empty water tanks, U.S. prosecutors allege
By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities unveiled indictments on Tuesday of a lucrative human smuggling operation that allegedly included moving migrants in suitcases a...
Sep 13, 2022
Analysis-Wall St outlook darkens as grim inflation report tees up more Fed hawkishness
By Lewis Krauskopf and David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - An already-murky outlook for U.S. stocks and bonds is growing darker, as sizzling inflation ratchets up expectations for how aggressively the ...
Sep 13, 2022
Ken Starr, prosecutor in Clinton-Lewinsky investigation, dead at 76
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ken Starr, the prosecutor whose investigation led to the impeachment of former U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1998, has died at age 76, his family said in a statement on Tuesday....
Sep 13, 2022
Trump ally wins bid to bar photos of ‘lavish properties’ from foreign agent trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled that prosecutors cannot show pictures of "lavish properties" owned by Tom Barrack, a former top fundraiser for Donald Trump, at Barrack'...
Sep 13, 2022
Pemex deepwater gas project draws rebuke from Mexico’s regulator
By Stefanie Eschenbacher, Adriana Barrera and Ana Isabel Martinez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's oil regulator and state company Pemex are at odds over how to develop a deepwater natural gas project...
Sep 13, 2022
U.S. Senator thinks Twitter and Facebook may need a license to operate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham, a Republican critic of social media companies like Meta's Facebook and Twitter, said on Tuesday that he wants create a way to regulate, and perhaps ...
Sep 13, 2022
Amtrak to cancel more long-distance trains Wednesday
By David Shepardson DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak will cancel trips on another seven long-distance routes Wednesday because of a potential freight rail strike as soon as Friday. A...
Sep 13, 2022
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