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By Luc Cohen

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey businessman testified this week at U.S. Senator Bob Menendez's corruption trial that the lawmaker claimed to have "saved" the insurance broker, who bought Menendez's wife a $60,000 Mercedes-Benz, from criminal probes.

Star prosecution witness Jose Uribe told jurors he bribed Menendez by buying a car for the senator's then-girlfriend Nadine in 2019. Uribe said Nadine Menendez, who married Bob... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Forthcoming regulations will remove medical debt from the credit reports of tens of millions of Americans, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announced Tuesday.

The proposed regulations come as Joe Biden's administration works to tout its economic policies ahead of November's elections. Economic stimulus funds are also currently being used to eliminate $7 billion medical debts held by nearly 3 million Americans, according to the Vice... (continue reading...)

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's transition council issued a decree on Tuesday announcing its picks to form Prime Minister Garry Conille's cabinet, marking a stark departure from the previous administration as the country battles a humanitarian crisis fueled by armed gangs.

The cabinet, announced nearly two weeks after Conille himself was named, trims the number of ministers and replaces all the ministers from former Prime Minister Ariel Henry's... (continue reading...)

By Tom Hals and Jack Queen

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - A jury on Tuesday found U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter guilty of making false statements on a gun background check and of illegally possessing a firearm. Here is what happens next.

WILL HUNTER BIDEN BE INCARCERATED?

Hunter Biden is facing a maximum of 25 years in prison, but the sentencing guidelines for illegally possessing a firearm, Hunter Biden's most... (continue reading...)

By Nia Williams

(Reuters) - Canada is expecting a hotter-than-usual summer with slightly below-average precipitation in central Canada, government officials said on Tuesday, offering little relief from ongoing drought and the risk of another bad wildfire season.

Last year, Canada experienced its worst-ever fire season, with more than 6,600 blazes burning 15 million hectares, an area roughly seven times the annual average.