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Legal filing raises questions about who shot Secret Service officer at press dinner

By Julia Harte April 29 (Reuters) - A U.S. government court filing on Wednesday raised questions about officials' initial assertions that a gunman shot a Secret Service officer while allegedly attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. The suspect, Cole ...
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US House tees up surveillance law for overnight passage after two-hour vote

By David Morgan, Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The effort to renew the U.S. government's warrantless domestic surveillance powers took a step forward on Wednesday, after House Speaker Mike Johnson and Trump administration officials persuaded Republican holdouts to support a ...
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Former FBI Director James Comey makes initial court appearance in Instagram post case

(WASHINGTON) -- Former FBI Director James Comey made an initial court appearance Wednesday after self-surrendering to law enforcement at the courthouse in the Eastern District of Virginia, following his indictment Tuesday on charges of threatening the president.A federal grand jury in North Carolina on ...
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Hegseth faces lawmakers for first time since Iran war started

(NEW YORK) -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is on Capitol Hill Wednesday for what is formally billed as a routine hearing on the Pentagon's budget request.But the appearance -- the first before Congress for Hegseth since the war in Iran began in February -- ...
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Billionaire Tom Steyer wants to take on the rich in run for California governor

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer is selling himself as a class traitor in his bid for California governor. The Democrat with a personal fortune estimated at $2.4 billion wants wealthy people and corporations to pay higher taxes. He's endorsed by a ...
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Former Florida governor Charlie Crist is running for St. Petersburg mayor

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Former Florida governor and U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is seeking yet another office, this time running for mayor of his hometown of St. Petersburg. Crist, 69, has been a Republican, a Democrat and an independent during his political career. He ...
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New date set for Bondi deposition in House Oversight’s Epstein probe after Democrat threatens contempt

(WASHINGTON) -- After a top Democrat introduced a resolution to hold former Attorney General Pam Bondi in civil contempt, a GOP spokesperson for the House Oversight Committee said Bondi will appear on May 29 for a deposition as part of the panel's Jeffrey Epstein ...
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Supreme Court limits Voting Rights Act

(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Louisiana's 2022 congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander and dealt a blow to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, landmark legislation that has long prohibited election practices that have the effect of diluting ...
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Powell’s tenure as Fed chief, bookended by Trump, draws to a close

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - On a chilly spring day in 2017, Jerome Powell made a six-hour round trip by car through heavy mountain fog from Washington to West Virginia University for an evening talk with students about Federal Reserve history and ...
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Fed likely to hold rates steady at what may be last meeting of Powell era

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday as officials debate whether to flag risks of rising inflation in a policy statement issued after what may be Jerome Powell's final meeting as head ...
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Trump administration rejects women picked for soybean board, appoints men instead

By Karl Plume CHICAGO, April 29 (Reuters) - The Trump administration rejected all four women farmers chosen by their peers to represent them in an industry group called the United Soybean Board earlier this year, a rare intervention by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that ...
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Fed chief nominee Warsh set to clear key confirmation hurdle on Wednesday

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - Kevin Warsh, U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Reserve, is set to clear a key procedural hurdle on Wednesday, opening the way for him to succeed Jerome Powell in coming weeks amid the White ...
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