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(Reuters) - The leaders of three big U.S. oil companies will host a fundraising luncheon in Houston on Wednesday benefiting Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, according to a copy of an invitation seen by Reuters.

Drillers tend to back Trump’s pro-fossil fuel and anti-regulation agenda and have been critical of President Joe Biden’s efforts to phase out oil and gas in favor of renewables.

The luncheon, which will be held at... (continue reading...)

PARIS (Reuters) - France's far-right Rassemblement National, leading the race for EU elections in France, will no longer sit with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the European Parliament after the AfD's top candidate said members of the Nazi SS force were "not all criminals".

The far-right AfD, running second in German opinion polls before June's elections, has come under harsh scrutiny after senior figures attended a meeting where deportation of... (continue reading...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department sued the state of Oklahoma on Tuesday over the state's new immigration enforcement law, saying it unlawfully encroaches on the federal government's power to regulate immigration.

(Reporting by Ted Hesson in Washington; Editing by Chris Reese)

By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The trade group for major U.S. airlines on Tuesday urged the government to act quickly to address a long-standing air traffic controller shortage ahead of the busy summer travel season but the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration chief accused the group of trying to deflect responsibility for flight delays.

Nick Calio, head of Airlines for America, whose members include American Airlines, Delta... (continue reading...)

By Brendan Pierson

(Reuters) - New York's highest court on Tuesday ruled that employers' health insurance plans have to cover medically necessary abortions, rejecting a lawsuit by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany claiming that the law's exemption for religious employers was too narrow.

The New York Court of Appeals found that the rule, passed in 2017 by the state's Department of Financial Services (DFS), did not violate religious... (continue reading...)