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US urges appeals court to uphold Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction
By Jonathan Stempel and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government has urged an appeals court to uphold Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction and 20-year prison sentence for helping the disgraced la...
Jun 30, 2023
Trump says may skip first Republican debate, hold rival event
(Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump said he might not participate in the Republican Party's first 2024 election primary debate in August and may hold an alternative event, citing his lead i...
Jun 29, 2023
Exclusive-Trump, longtime admirer of Putin, says aborted mutiny ‘somewhat weakened’ Russian leader
By Steve Holland and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump, a longtime admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Thursday Putin has been "somewhat weakened"...
Jun 29, 2023
Former Ohio House speaker sentenced to 20 years over $60 million bribery plot
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Ohio House of Representatives Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison after being convicted earlier this year of parti...
Jun 29, 2023
US Justices Jackson, Thomas illustrate heated US debate on race
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - When liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court, she was expected to bring a different view on racial matters than Ju...
Jun 29, 2023
US special envoy for Iran Rob Malley is ‘on leave,’ -State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. special envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, is "on leave," U.S. State Department spokesperson Matt Miller said on Thursday, adding that Abram Paley is filling in on an actin...
Jun 29, 2023
US colleges cautiously prep for end to race-conscious admissions amid enrollment gaps
By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In 1998, the year a voter-approved measure barring the use of race-conscious admissions policies for public colleges and universities in California took effe...
Jun 29, 2023
US State Dept approves sale of F-35 aircraft to Czech Republic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of F-35 fighter jets, munitions and related equipment to the Czech Republic in a deal valued at up to $5.62 billion, the Pentagon ...
Jun 29, 2023
US conservative group led by billionaire Koch to spend big to beat Trump
By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) -The conservative U.S. political network led by billionaire Charles Koch has raised over $70 million to spend on political races, an official with the group said on Thursd...
Jun 29, 2023
Jury acquits former Florida deputy of failing to protect students in Parkland school shooting
(Reuters) -A Florida jury on Thursday acquitted a former sheriff's deputy accused of failing to protect students during the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Scot ...
Jun 29, 2023
