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By Erwin Seba, Shivani Tanna, Nicole Jao and Shariq Khan (Reuters) -Chevron’s 285,000-barrel-per-day El Segundo refinery in southern California had taken multiple units offline on Friday after a large fire erupted in a jet fuel production unit, disrupting supply in the Golden State’s isolated energy market. The El Segundo refinery is the second largest in …

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By Andy Sullivan, David Shepardson and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration froze $2.1 billion in Chicago transit funding on Friday, starving another Democratic city of funds as a bid to end the government shutdown failed again in the Senate. On the shutdown’s third day, Trump ramped up pressure on Democrats to …

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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a challenge to a Hawaii law restricting the carrying of handguns on private property that is open to the public such as most businesses, giving the justices a chance to further expand gun rights.  The justices took up an appeal by …

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By Kanishka Singh and Jaspreet Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Apple said on Thursday that it had removed ICEBlock and other similar ICE-tracking apps from its App Store after it was contacted by President Donald Trump’s administration, in a rare instance of apps being taken down due to a U.S. federal government demand. Alphabet’s Google also removed …

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By Jan Wolfe and Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court is set to scrutinize presidential powers in major cases during its new term opening on Monday, including the legality of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and his move to fire officials from the Federal Reserve and another agency set up by Congress with safeguards against …

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By Heather Schlitz BROADVIEW, Illinois (Reuters) -Police arrested several people on Friday as hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in suburban Chicago that has been the focus of protests since a federal immigration enforcement surge began last month. Tensions have been high in recent weeks in Chicago as the …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has launched a new pilot program to speed up the review process for generic drugs that are tested and manufactured entirely in the United States. The program is designed to encourage companies to invest in domestic drug production and research by offering faster approvals …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Democratic bill to fund the U.S. government and end a shutdown was falling short of the votes needed for passage in the Senate on Friday, as voting continued. (Reporting by Richard Cowan; Editing by Doina Chiacu)