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Right-wing wins in Brazil’s Congress show staying power of Bolsonaro’s conservative movement
A vendor holds up the front page of one of Brazils National newspapers the day after the Presidential elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 3, 2022. - Brazil's bitterly divisive presidential election is headed for a runoff on October 30 as incumbent Jair Bolsonaro beat expectations to finish a closer-than-expected second to front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)
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No. 2 U.S. House Democrat noncommittal on stock-trading bill, no vote soon
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) walks to a vote on the House floor at the United States Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 21.
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Why no news may be good news for China-watching investors
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16.
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White House: GOP abortion ban would mean a nationwide crisis
FILE — Abortion rights protestors at the Indiana Statehouse on the first day of the special session discussing the abortion ban in Indianapolis, on July 25, 2022. An Indiana judge temporarily halted the state’s ban on most abortions, a week after the law took effect; Indiana was the first state to pass new, sweeping restrictions on abortion after the US Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to the procedure in June. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
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U.S. House to vote on election law overhaul in response to Jan. 6
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 19: U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), vice chairwoman of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, speaks during a Constitution Day lecture at American Enterprise Institute on September 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. Cheney spoke on a variety of topics, including the threat former President Donald Trump poses to the Republican Party and American democracy. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Want to profit from the stock trades of U.S. politicians? New ETFs are aimed to do just that
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
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U.S. Senate to wait until after midterm elections to vote on gay marriage bill
FILE - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., listens during a news conference at the Capitol, Sept. 7, 2022, in Washington. Democrats are punting a vote to protect same-sex and interracial marriages until after the November midterm elections, reversing course just days after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to put the Senate on the record on the issue “in the coming weeks.” (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
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Boeing CEO says there’s still a ‘chance’ 737 Max could win approval this year
FILE PHOTO: The first Boeing 737 MAX 7 is unveiled in Renton, Washington, U.S. February 5, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Redmond
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U.S. labour chief hosts talks with union, railroads in bid to avert shutdown
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh speaks before President Joe Biden at a United Steel Workers of America Labor Day event in West Mifflin, Pa., just outside Pittsburgh, Monday Sept. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke)
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Stock trades reported by nearly a fifth of U.S. congress show possible conflicts
A view of the U.S. Capitol building is seen on Sept. 12 in Washington.
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GOP’s Graham unveils countrywide abortion ban after 15 weeks
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speak during a news conference to discuss the introduction of the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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U.S. midterm elections may add more risk to shaky stock market
President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House on April 1.
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Biden administration urges railroads, unions to reach deal to avoid shutdown
FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2019, file photo, shipping containers are offloaded at a BNSF Railway intermodal facility as the sun sets in Edgerton, Kan. The heads of the nation's two largest rail unions said Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022 that the freight railroads' move to begin delaying some shipments ahead of this week's looming strike deadline is only an attempt to get shippers to increase the pressure on Congress to intervene and block a work stoppage by imposing a contract on workers. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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U.S. lawmakers seek probe on airline handling of COVID-19 funds
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 24, 2021, Delta Airlines passenger aircrafts on the tarmac of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. - Christmas shows cancelled, cruise ships to avoid, planes unable to take off: the omicron variant of the coronavirus has multiplied the problems for the US economy and could contribute to a shortage of workers and even higher prices in the country. "We are starting to see the first signs of the impact of the omicron on the economy," mainly in the service sector such as bars and restaurants, explained Oren Klachkin, an economist at Oxford Economics, in an interview with AFP. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Biden seeks $47B for Ukraine, COVID-19, monkeypox, disasters
A priest blesses coffins with unidentified civilian bodies, who died on the territory of the Bucha community during the Russian occupation period in February-March 2022, during a funeral in Bucha, near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Trump says he will look ‘very favorably’ on pardons for Capitol rioters
FILE PHOTO: A mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump fight with members of law enforcement at a door they broke open as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
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Boeing customer Ryanair says Max 10 aircraft won’t be certified by year-end deadline
FILE PHOTO: Ryanair aircraft Boeing 737-8AS lands at Riga International Airport, Latvia July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
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Congress approves Democrats’ massive climate change bill, handing Biden a victory
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he delivers remarks on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 28, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo/File Photo
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Biden has signed a historic climate bill. What you need to know about the Inflation Reduction Act
President Joe Biden signs the Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, as from left, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., watch. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)