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Ex-US Attorney General Bondi testifies to Congress panel probing Epstein case
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared on Friday before a closed mee...
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How Republicans are winning the war over US congressional redistricting, state by state
By Joseph Ax May 29 (Reuters) - Several Republican-led states across the South are rushing to redraw their congressional maps...
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Kalshi taps former FBI analyst Neff for surveillance unit
By Anirban Sen NEW YORK, May 29 (Reuters) - Kalshi has hired former FBI official Tyler Neff on its surveillance team, as part...
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Democratic senator wants TikTok US JV, Oracle to answer questions on platform safeguards
WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - Democratic senator Ed Markey on Friday asked a TikTok U.S. joint venture and Oracle t...
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Massachusetts sues UnitedHealth unit for allegedly defrauding Medicaid program
May 29 (Reuters) - Massachusetts sued a UnitedHealth insurance unit on Friday, accusing it of defrauding the state's &zwnj...
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US travel group warns closing Newark airport to international travel could cost $8 billion annually
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - A group representing the U.S. travel industry said Friday that removing im...
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US judge temporarily blocks Trump's $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund
By Andrew Goudsward and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday temporarily blocked Preside...
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Bessent argues US was 'asleep' on economic security, Trump policies waking it up
By David Lawder May 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will argue on Friday that President Donald Trump's e...
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Record-breaking heat and dry spring leave parts of England without water
By Yann Tessier and Sam Tabahriti WHITSTABLE, England May 29 (Reuters) - Thousands of households in southeast England were le...
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Inca child mummy returned to indigenous community in Argentina
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES, May 29 (Reuters) - The mummy of a child from the Inca period, discovered frozen in 1905 on a mo...
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Kanye West to perform in the Netherlands despite bans elsewhere
AMSTERDAM, May 29 (Reuters) - U.S. rapper Kanye West, who has been barred from performing in several countries due to past an...
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In California redistricting, pro-MAGA town likely to get a gay, liberal congressman
By Daniel Trotta HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, May 29 (Reuters) - Huntington Beach, the right-leaning California city that ba...
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In Rio de Janeiro, the World Cup warm-ups are the real game
By Pilar Olivares and Aline Massuca RIO DE JANEIRO, May 29 (Reuters) - Before every match at this year's World Cup, viewers a...
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Backlash over Trump's $1.776 billion fund tests Blanche's bid for US attorney general
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) - Todd Blanche has moved quickly as acting U.S. attorney general to please t...
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Georgia uncorks the value of Stalin's 40,000-bottle wine collection
By Lucy Papachristou TBILISI, May 29 (Reuters) - Tangled cobwebs dangle from the ceiling in dim light and a pleasant, musky s...
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Magnitude 5 earthquake hits China's Xinjiang
HONG KONG, May 29 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5 earthquake hit near Turpan City, in the east of China's ...
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Portugal races to clear storm debris as wildfire season draws near
By Miguel Pereira and Pedro Nunes SERTA, Portugal, May 29 (Reuters) - With midsummer-like heat already baking parts of Portug...
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India warns of weakest monsoon in 11 years, inflation risks rise
By Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, May 29 (Reuters) - India forecast an El Nino-weakened monsoon in 202...
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District court denies California parks department bid to stop Sable Offshore pipeline
NEW YORK, May 28 (Reuters) - A U.S. District Court on Thursday denied the California Department of Parks and Recreation's bid...
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Illegal miners extract billions in Amazon gold despite Brazil crackdown, Greenpeace finds
By Adriano Machado, Lais Morais and Ricardo Brito ITAITUBA, Brazil, May 29 (Reuters) - Billions of dollars worth of gold is s...
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