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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is making a fresh push to force health insurance companies to improve access to mental health treatment for Americans who too often struggle to find and afford the care they need, officials said on Tuesday. The administration on Tuesday will release the text of a proposed rule change to …

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By Josephine Walker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of 112 Democratic members of Congress on Monday called on U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to establish heat safety regulations for indoor and outdoor workplaces as a persistent and deadly heatwave spreads across the country. The group asked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue new …

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(This July 21 story has been corrected to change references to Australian port from foreign port, in the headline and paragraph 1) SYDNEY (Reuters) – The United States commissioned a warship in Sydney on Saturday, the first time a U.S. Navy vessel joined active service at an Australian port, as the two close allies step …

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By Eric Beech and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Monday sued Texas over floating barriers installed by the state in the Rio Grande river to block migrants crossing from Mexico. Texas authorities began installing the string of buoys in the middle of the river near Eagle Pass, Texas, last week, part …

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By Matt McKnight BICKLETON, Washington (Reuters) -A fast-growing wildfire forced residents to evacuate a rural stretch of southern Washington state’s Klickitat County on Saturday after it burned more than 30,000 acres in less than 24 hours. The Newell Road Wildfire has already destroyed several structures in the area and is threatening homes, farms, crops and …

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By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI improperly conducted warrantless searches for information about a U.S. senator and two state officials, a U.S. intelligence agency revealed on Friday, as lawmakers are weighing whether to renew the surveillance power that makes such searches possible. The names of the U.S. senator, the state senator and the state …

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