By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a state law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors, such as puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries, to take effect while it hears a legal challenge to the statute. The ruling came after a judge last Friday blocked the law in response to a …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas on Thursday temporarily blocked the state’s law limiting public drag performances, in another win for LGBTQ groups challenging similar laws across the country. U.S. District Judge David Hittner in Houston said the law, which was set to take effect on Friday, likely violates performers’ constitutional …
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By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has been medically cleared to continue with his schedule, the attending physician to Congress said on Thursday, one day after the 81-year-old froze up at an event in his home state of Kentucky. The incident had raised fresh questions about the health of the …
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By Marco Bello and Maria Alejandra Cardona PERRY, Florida (Reuters) – Hurricane Idalia plowed into Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday with howling winds, torrential rains and pounding surf, then weakened as it turned its fury on southeastern Georgia, where floodwaters trapped some residents in their homes. Hours after Idalia slammed ashore as a powerful Category …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Energy will provide $95 million to Hawaiian Electric through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to strengthen the power grids on Hawaii’s wildfire-ravaged islands, the White House said on Wednesday. The island of Maui was devastated earlier this month after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century swept through the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York Governor Kathy Hochul met White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients and other senior Biden administration officials on Wednesday to discuss an influx of migrants in New York City that has strained its resources. During the meeting, the Biden administration agreed to work with both New York State and New York City …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has approved a military transfer to Taiwan under the Foreign Military Financing, or FMF, program normally used for sovereign states, according to a notification sent to Congress. The notification, which was seen by Reuters on Wednesday, informs congressional committees of the State Department’s intention to …
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By Clark Mindock (Reuters) -3M on Tuesday secured preliminary approval for a $10.3 billion deal resolving claims by U.S. public water providers that the company polluted drinking water with toxic chemicals, less than a day after a group of 22 U.S. states and territories dropped their objections to the deal. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York’s attorney general on Wednesday asked a state judge to declare, even before the start of a trial, that Donald Trump committed fraud by submitting false statements to bankers and insurers and overstating his net worth by up to $2.23 billion. In filings with a state court in …
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By Julia Harte and Rachel Nostrant (Reuters) -Here are the most important things to know about the projected impact of Hurricane Idalia, which was weakening but still raging as it moved from Florida to Georgia on Wednesday, leaving a swath of destruction that will take time to assess. WHAT IS IDALIA’S PATH? As of 2 …
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