By Andrea Shalal and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday honored members of the U.S. men’s ice hockey team who beat their Soviet rivals in what was called the “Miracle on Ice” during the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid. Trump hosted the players in the Oval Office …
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By Ahmed Aboulenein and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday presented a healthcare proposal that leaves unresolved steep health insurance premium increases set to impact millions of Americans as early as January. The bill does not extend the Affordable Care Act, also known as …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a provision of U.S. President Donald Trump’s signature tax and domestic policy bill that deprives Planned Parenthood and local affiliates that perform abortions of Medicaid funding is not an unconstitutional punishment. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Friday terminated the collective bargaining agreement covering 47,000 Transportation Security Administration officers, the department said in a statement. The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents the airport screening officers, said it would file a lawsuit to challenge the decision. …
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Dec 12 (Reuters) – Fired University of Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore, who is a suspect in an alleged assault, was charged on Friday with three crimes, including stalking and home invasion. Moore was fired by the university on Wednesday over allegations that he had an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. That same …
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By Hanna Rantala LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) – When filmmakers Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman visited an Alabama prison in 2019 to capture footage of a revival meeting, inmates began approaching them about the “terrible things” they said were taking place within its walls. Jarecki and Kaufman were soon told to stop filming, but their quest …
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WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – A preservation group on Friday sued U.S. President Donald Trump and several federal agencies to block construction of a $300 million ballroom at the site of the White House’s demolished East Wing. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said he will hold a hearing on Tuesday to weigh the National Trust …
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WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Democratic members of the “Gang of Eight” of U.S. congressional and intelligence committee leaders called on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Friday to make public the full, unedited video of the September 2 strikes on a suspected drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean. “As some of the few members …
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By Ryan Patrick Jones Dec 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it had filed lawsuits against Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts and Nevada after the states failed to provide their voter registration lists to the department. The department’s Civil Rights Division also filed a lawsuit against Fulton County, Georgia, for records related to …
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By Julie Steenhuysen Dec 12 (Reuters) – South Carolina health officials on Friday confirmed an additional 15 new cases of measles since Tuesday, as the widening outbreak of the vaccine-preventable disease in the northwest part of the state has infected 126 people so far. At least 303 people exposed to the highly contagious virus have …
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