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Abortion opponents call for stricter bans at first post-Roe Washington march

By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thousands of abortion opponents rallied in Washington on Friday for the 50th annual “March for Life,” marking a new chapter for a movement that has organized for decades around overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that recognized a women’s right to an abortion. With that ruling now thrown …

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U.S. accounting watchdog faces lawsuit over its ‘secretive’ disciplinary process

By Douglas Gillison and Chris Prentice (Reuters) – The U.S. accounting watchdog is facing a lawsuit over claims the regulator’s process of handling disciplinary matters behind closed doors is unconstitutional. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in Texas by the conservative Washington-based New Civil Liberties Alliance, accuses the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) …

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Biden, McCarthy to meet on debt limit as Yellen warns of consequences

By Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason DAKAR/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday warned that the U.S. government cannot choose to pay some bills over others if Congress fails to raise the borrowing limit, as President Joe Biden and top Republican Kevin McCarthy made plans to meet to discuss the issue. Speaking to reporters …

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Biden highlights climate change as he tours California areas lashed by storms

By Jeff Mason and Steve Gorman APTOS, Calif. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden stressed global warming’s role in natural disasters on Thursday as he toured parts of California after three weeks of deadly “atmospheric river” storms inflicted floods and mudslides on a state long plagued by drought and wildfires. “If anybody doubts that the climate …

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China reopening spurs record inflows into emerging market funds -BofA

LONDON (Reuters) -Investors poured a record $12.7 billion into emerging-market debt and equity funds in the week to Wednesday, in response to China’s easing of its COVID-19 restrictions on activity, data on Friday from BofA Global Research showed. The sudden shift in Chinese policy has boosted many different asset classes, from commodities and mining stocks …

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On debt ceiling, White House bets Republicans will blink under pressure

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House is refusing to negotiate with hardline Republicans on raising the debt ceiling because it believes enough of them will eventually back off their demands, as a growing chorus of investors, business groups and moderate conservatives warn of the dangers of edging towards a default. The high-stakes …

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Judge rules for Florida’s DeSantis against prosecutor for abortion stance

By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, considered a possible 2024 Republican presidential contender, will not be forced to reinstate an elected state prosecutor he suspended over his pledge not to bring criminal cases against people seeking or providing abortions, a federal judge ruled on Friday. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle in the state …

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Yellen says Russian oil price cap could save African countries $6 billion annually

By Andrea Shalal DAKAR (Reuters) -Russia’s war in Ukraine is hitting Africans particularly hard by exacerbating food insecurity and putting an unnecessary drag on the continent’s economy, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in Senegal’s capital Dakar on Friday. Yellen said ending the war would be the best thing to help the global economy, but …

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U.S. hits debt ceiling as partisan standoff sparks economic worries

By David Morgan and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government hit its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit on Thursday, amid a standoff between the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and President Joe Biden’s Democrats on lifting the ceiling, which could lead to a fiscal crisis in a few months. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen informed congressional …

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