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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A prosecutor on Friday urged jurors to convict Stewart Rhodes, founder of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia group, and four associates, saying they …

(Reuters) – Donald Trump said he will make a statement at 2030 ET on Friday (0130GMT) after the U.S. Justice Department named a special counsel to oversee its investigations into …

By Kate Abnett, Sarah McFarlane and Aidan Lewis SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry tested positive for COVID-19 in the final hours of the COP27 climate …

LISBON (Reuters) – Global police agency Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for Angolan billionaire and daughter of the country’s former president Isabel dos Santos, Portugal’s Lusa news agency …

(Reuters) – U.S. congressman Hakeem Jeffries of New York launched a bid on Friday to become the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives. If he succeeds in the Nov. …

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Anti-abortion groups on Friday filed a lawsuit asking a court to overturn U.S. regulators’ approval of the drug mifepristone for medication abortion, which could hobble …

By Karen Sloan (Reuters) -At least five leading law schools broke up this week with the U.S. News & World Report rankings, with Columbia Law and Georgetown Law on Friday …

By Karen Freifeld and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -The longtime chief financial officer at the Trump Organization told jurors on Friday that Donald Trump’s namesake company raised his salary …

By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ticketmaster’s botched sale of tickets to Taylor Swift’s 2023 tour, the megastar’s first in five years, has led to calls for the company to …

(Reuters) – The White House announced through the Department of Energy (DOE) on Friday that it is soliciting grant applications for $13 billion in new financing under the bipartisan infrastructure …

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) -Climate change-related litigation has more than doubled in the past seven years globally according to a June report by the London School of Economics, and is …

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s pledges to slash emissions from farming and to end American hunger by 2030 may be harder to realize now that …

DUBAI (Reuters) – Video clips showing a fire at the ancestral home in Iran of the Islamic Republic’s late founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, have appeared on social media, with activists …

By Guy Faulconbridge and Caleb Davis LONDON (Reuters) – Russia said on Friday it hoped to clinch a prisoner swap with the United States to return convicted Russian weapons trafficker …

By Rory Carroll (Reuters) – A law designed to makes horse racing safer by creating and enforcing national rules governing the use of drugs and the treatment of animals is …

By Steve Holland and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden has been adamant that the United States will back Ukraine in its nine-month fight to repel a Russian …

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday identified 42 employees from Democratic President Joe Biden’s White House and administration, who they expect …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China on Friday pushed back on claims it was operating ‘police stations’ on U.S. soil, calling the sites volunteer-run, after the FBI director said he was “very …

By Frank Pingue (Reuters) – World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Banka said on Friday that the expiration of Russia’s doping ban next month does not mean the country’s anti-doping …

By Joseph Ax and Moira Warburton (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert, the polarizing Republican who gained national notoriety during her first term with her combative brand of politics, won re-election …

(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said on Friday their Omicron-tailored shot produced higher virus-neutralizing antibodies in older adults against the emerging subvariant BQ.1.1 than its original …

(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated on Friday that Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 account for nearly half of the COVID-19 cases in the country for …

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Mourners flooded the streets of Gaza on Friday as they carried the shrouded bodies of 21 people, including at least eight children, killed in …

By Shady Amir (Reuters) – The moment of truth for Qatar’s ability to organise the World Cup after years of failed overtures and criticism over labour rights and strict laws …