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BELL, California (Reuters) – Violeta Alvarez is so passionate about Bernie Sanders that she becomes emotional talking about the white, 78-year-old senator from Vermont, a state 3,000 miles from this sun-drenched California enclave. FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders gestures as he speaks at the UnidosUS Annual Conference, in San

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence officials told lawmakers last week that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign by aiming to cast doubt on the integrity of the vote and boost President Donald Trump’s re-election, a person familiar with the briefing said on Thursday. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren raised more money than most of her Democratic presidential rivals in the weeks before the Iowa caucuses, but spent so heavily that her campaign took out a $3 million loan fearing she would run out of cash. U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren orders lunch with

(Reuters) – California is suing the administration of President Donald Trump for what it calls the administration’s failure to protect endangered species in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. FILE PHOTO: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (L) speaks about President Trump’s proposal to weaken national greenhouse gas emission and fuel efficiency regulations as he stands

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday ridiculed the historic best-picture Oscar win for South Korean film “Parasite,” telling a campaign rally he wished for the return of Hollywood classics like 1939’s “Gone with the Wind.” U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Colorado Springs, Colorado, February 20, 2020. REUTERS/

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 20, 2020. Picture taken January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (Reuters) – New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google, alleging that it acquired personal information from school children in the state violating their privacy rights. Balderas

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 20, 2020. Picture taken January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (Reuters) – New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google, alleging that it acquired personal information from school children in the state violating their privacy rights. Balderas

FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg speaks during a campaign event at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Doug Strickland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg’s campaign spent $220.6 million in January, with most of the money going to television advertising, his campaign said on

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday sentenced President Donald Trump’s long-time adviser Roger Stone to three years and four months in prison and said his lies to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election amounted to a threat to American democracy. In a stern lecture during an hours-long sentencing hearing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s long-time adviser Roger Stone on Thursday arrived at the federal courthouse where he is set to be sentenced after being convicted on charges including lying to a congressional panel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, a case that has roiled the Justice Department and drawn Trump’s ire.

(Reuters) – In the wee hours of Jan. 8, Tehran retaliated over the U.S. killing of Iran’s most powerful general by bombarding the al-Asad air base in Iraq. FILE PHOTO: U.S. soldiers inspect the site where an Iranian missile hit at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq January 13, 2020. REUTERS/John Davison Among

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s long-time adviser Roger Stone is set to be sentenced on Thursday after being convicted on charges including lying to a congressional panel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election in a case that has roiled the Justice Department and drawn Trump’s ire. FILE PHOTO: Roger Stone, former campaign

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Rod Blagojevich, a former Illinois governor forced out of office for trying to peddle Barack Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat, thanked President Donald Trump on Wednesday for commuting his prison sentence and again proclaimed his innocence. Rod Blagojevich, the ex-Illinois governor convicted of trying to peddle Barack Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat,

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California will provide nearly 300 state properties for use as homeless shelters and should change its laws to make it easier for local officials to get the mentally ill off the streets, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: California governor Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference as he

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge has dismissed former New York Knicks star Charles Oakley’s lawsuit against team owner James Dolan and Madison Square Garden Co stemming from his forcible, televised ejection from a 2017 basketball game. FILE PHOTO: Retired basketball player Charles Oakley arrives on the red carpet for the film “The Carter

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker proposed a $42 billion fiscal 2021 general funds budget on Wednesday that includes $1.4 billion in new revenue from a change in the state’s income tax rate structure that may or may not be approved by voters in November. FILE PHOTO: lllinois Governor J.B. Pritzker delivers remarks at

FILE PHOTO: Acting Undersecretary of State John Rood gestures during a news conference after talks between U.S. and Russian diplomats in Budapest February 21,2008. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A key Pentagon official said on Wednesday he would leave his post at President Donald Trump’s request, according to a copy of his resignation letter seen

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Jury selection was due to begin on Wednesday in the Los Angeles murder trial of Robert Durst, the elderly New York real estate scion whose arrest prosecutors say was hastened by his confession to multiple killings in the 2015 TV documentary “The Jinx.” FILE PHOTO: Robert Durst attends a motions hearing

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The jury in former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial is expected to continue deliberations on Wednesday, a day after the presiding judge took the former Hollywood producer’s lead defense lawyer to task for writing an opinion piece about the case. Film producer Harvey Weinstein exits New York Criminal Court during

FILE PHOTO: A screen displays the company logo for Uber Technologies Inc on the day of its IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) is closing its office in downtown Los Angeles, where the ride-hailing company employs customer

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday outlined a sweeping financial services policy proposal to rein in Wall Street trading, boost consumer protections, increase Americans’ access to banking services and crack down on financial crime. FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg addresses a news conference after launching his

FILE PHOTO: A screen displays the company logo for Uber Technologies Inc on the day of its IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) said late on Tuesday that it was closing its office in downtown Los Angeles,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump came under fire on Tuesday for commuting the sentence of Rod Blagojevich, the ex-Illinois governor convicted of trying to peddle Barack Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat. Trump also pardoned Michael Milken, once considered Wall Street’s “junk bond king,” and six others, and commuted the sentences of another three

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The jury in former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial began deliberations on Tuesday on charges that could send him to prison for life, in a case that has become a milestone for the #MeToo movement. Film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at New York Criminal Court for his sexual assault trial

FILE PHOTO: Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich makes a statement to reporters outside his Chicago home one day before reporting to federal prison in Colorado to serve a 14-year sentence for corruption, March 14, 2012. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich,

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The jury in former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial began deliberations on Tuesday on charges that could send him to prison for life, in a case that has become a milestone for the #MeToo movement. Film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at New York Criminal Court for his sexual assault trial

NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York jurors on Tuesday will begin deliberating the fate of former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who is on trial for rape in a case that has become a milestone for the #MeToo movement. FILE PHOTO: Film producer Harvey Weinstein’s tie flutters in the breeze as he arrives at New York

(Reuters) – Two things in life are certain for Lori St. Kitts: sex and taxes. FILE PHOTO: Tax preparer Lori St. Kitts, who specializes in the sex industry and has worked in the industry herself, poses for a photo at her apartment in Seattle, Washington, U.S., February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson St. Kitts is one

SHREVEPORT, La. (Reuters) – A 27-year-old woman from southern Arkansas waited nervously at the Hope Medical Group for Women after traveling two hours for a medical procedure that is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain in certain parts of the United States: an abortion. FILE PHOTO: A protester offers pamphlets to patients entering the Hope Medical

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – John Bolton, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, raised concern on Monday about his unpublished book being “suppressed” by the White House and suggested he should be able to respond to the president’s tweets about him. Former U.S. national security advisor John Bolton speaks during his lecture at Duke