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(Reuters) – The power grid operator in the Central United States said on Tuesday that it started to take some steps to make sure utilities are ready to keep the …

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected dialysis provider DaVita Inc’s claims that an Ohio hospital’s employee health plan discriminates against patients with end-stage kidney disease …

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn, the lead Republican negotiator in bipartisan gun legislation talks, said on Tuesday that the four main negotiators had reached a deal and that the …

WASHINGTON – Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said on Tuesday that the Uvalde County district attorney has asked the city to not release records related to the district attorney’s probe into …

By Randi Love (Reuters) – A Minnesota judge on Tuesday once again rescheduled the trial of two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s murder to Oct. 24 because …

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat who opposes abortion, has signed legislation that would impose harsher criminal penalties on abortion providers if the U.S. …

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors decided not to pursue the rest of their criminal case against Michael Avenatti, clearing the way for the brash lawyer who represented [censored] …

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated Arati Prabhakar as the new White House science adviser, who would be the first woman of color and first immigrant to …

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON -The U.S. Supreme Court further reduced the separation of church and state in a ruling on Tuesday endorsing more public funding of religious entities as its …

By Shrivathsa Sridhar BENGALURU – Transgender cyclist Veronica Ivy questioned the move by swimming’s governing body FINA to restrict the participation of trans athletes in elite women’s competitions, telling Reuters …

WASHINGTON – U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, detained in Russia for months, was not able to speak to her wife as scheduled due to a logistical error compounded by Russia’s …

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON -The U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday said it would complete processing this week all the original, error-free 2021 individual tax returns received last year, clearing …

(Reuters) – The classroom door in the Uvalde elementary school where 19 children and two teachers were killed in May was not locked even as police waited for a key, …

MOSCOW -The Kremlin said on Tuesday it did not know the location of two Americans captured while fighting in eastern Ukraine, but that they were mercenaries and could be sentenced …

By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) – The United States has begun rolling out COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months after receiving the go-ahead from the …

(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday issued another important ruling expanding religious rights, siding with two Christian families who challenged a Maine state tuition assistance program that excluded …

UNITED NATIONS – Two Afghan education ministers are no longer allowed to travel abroad for any peace and stability talks after the United Nations Security Council removed them from a …

Biden Admin Quietly Nukes Trump-Era ‘Transparency’ Initiative Tracking Settlements And Payouts To Left-Wing Activists Gabe Kaminsky on June 21, 2022 The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) under President Joe …

Europe Runs Back To Coal After Putin Cuts Off Natural Gas Micaela Burrow on June 21, 2022 European nations are firing up idled coal-powered plants to make up for lost …

By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL -South Korea’s second test launch of its domestically produced Nuri rocket successfully placed several satellites in orbit on Tuesday, officials said, taking a …

(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration announced on Tuesday a temporary pay raise for federal wildland firefighters, saying they were facing longer, more severe fires partly due to climate …

WASHINGTON – The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide in the coming weeks whether to dramatically curb abortion rights when it rules on a case from Mississippi, potentially …