Factbox-A look at the US Supreme Court’s major rulings this year

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a number of important rulings during its current term that began last October and is expected to decide its remaining cases by the end of June including disputes involving race-conscious college admissions practices, President Joe Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan and LGBT rights. Here is a…

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Wall Street Ends Sharply Higher, Dollar Softens As Data Points To Economic Resilience

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks advanced in a broad rally on Tuesday, and the dollar softened as robust economic data eased recession fears and stoked investors’ risk appetite. All three major U.S. stock indexes closed well into positive territory, with tech-related megacaps – particularly those involved in a nascent AI frenzy…

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Wall Street ends sharply higher, dollar softens as data points to economic resilience

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks advanced in a broad rally on Tuesday, and the dollar softened as robust economic data eased recession fears and stoked investors’ risk appetite. All three major U.S. stock indexes closed well into positive territory, with tech-related megacaps – particularly those involved in a nascent AI frenzy…

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Wagner mutiny exposes risks for China’s deep Russian ties

By Martin Quin Pollard and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) – As news broke on Saturday that mercenary Wagner troops were careering towards Moscow in a short-lived rebellion, several businessmen from southern China began frantically calling factories to halt shipments of goods destined for Russia. While the mutiny – the biggest test of Russian President…

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MVP pipeline foes say Congress can’t ‘mandate victory’ for the project

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – A provision of the U.S. debt ceiling bill that streamlined the federal approval process for the $6.6 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline and limited court reviews of challenges to the project violates the U.S. Constitution’s separation of powers doctrine, opponents of the pipeline have claimed. The Wilderness Society, the Sierra Club…

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US Supreme Court rejects bid to give lawmakers unchecked power over elections

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rebuffed a legal theory favored by many conservatives that could hand sweeping power to state legislatures to establish rules for presidential and congressional elections and draft electoral maps giving huge advantages to the party already in control. The justices, in a 6-3 decision authored by…

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