By Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden worked to lift Americans’ dour mood about the economy with what his aides billed as a major speech on Wednesday, an effort to shore up a top political weakness as he seeks re-election. Biden, whose two-year term as president has witnessed a…
By Daphne Psaledakis and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will discuss political, security and humanitarian crises in Haiti with Prime Minister Ariel Henry next week, a State Department official said on Friday. Blinken will travel to Guyana and neighboring Trinidad and Tobago on July 5-6, the State Department said….
By Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s hopes of reclaiming the presidency in 2026 may be over. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be a Bolsonaro running in three years’ time. Brazil’s federal electoral court (TSE) on Friday froze Bolsonaro’s political career, barring the far-right nationalist from public office until…
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – The Indiana Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law banning nearly all abortions in the state, lifting a lower court order that had blocked the law in response to a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. The court, in a 4-1 decision, found that the Indiana constitution does…
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday turned away a bid by two Black Mississippians to restore their right to vote after being barred under the state’s felon disenfranchisement law that traces its roots to the post-Civil War era and has disproportionately affected Black voters. The justices declined to hear…
By Jason Lange and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two groups allied with former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have pumped more than $30 million into the 2024 Republican presidential race, more than five times the spending by all outside groups at the same point in the 2020 campaign, according to a…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least 100 people have died over the past two weeks in Mexico due to heat-related causes as temperatures climbed close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of the country, the health ministry said on Thursday. A three-week-long heat wave this month strained the energy grid with record demand,…
(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 in opinion polls and what he claims is the hosting network’s bias against him. In a telephone interview with Reuters, Trump said “possibly…
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 Thursday, with a key goal of stopping former President Donald Trump from clinching the 2024 Republican nomination. The influential group, which pushes for tax…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump and other top U.S. Republican leaders hailed the Supreme Court’s rejection on Thursday of race-conscious student admissions programs at two universities, with the former president saying the ruling marked “a great day for America.” The court decision, strongly criticized by Democrats including President Joe Biden, effectively prohibits affirmative action policies long…
