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By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) – A federal judge ruled on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration unlawfully terminated a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant program designed to protect states and communities against natural disasters before they occur. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston sided with 20 mostly Democratic-led states in …

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By Jason Lange and James Oliphant WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Recent electoral victories have given Democrats increasing hope of taking back one and perhaps both houses of the U.S. Congress in next year’s midterm elections, but a new Reuters/Ipsos poll suggests that some of that enthusiasm may be premature. Republicans hold a greater advantage …

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By Joseph Ax Dec 11 (Reuters) – The Indiana Senate on Thursday rejected a new congressional map that would have boosted Republican chances of keeping control of the U.S. House of Representatives in next year’s midterm elections, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s nationwide push to install more friendly maps. The vote represented a …

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By Andrew Hay Dec 11 (Reuters) – Tyler Robinson, the accused killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, made his first in-person court appearance on Thursday as a judge heard arguments on what level of media access should be allowed in the high-profile criminal case. Robinson, wearing a dress shirt and striped tie, talked with his …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego, whose wrongful deportation became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, ruling the U.S. government never secured a formal order for his removal from the United States. The order from U.S. District Judge Paula …

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Dec 11 (Reuters) – The Trump administration plans to appeal a judge’s decision ordering the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention, the White House said Thursday. “The administration opposed this activism from a judge who is really acting as a judicial activist, which we’ve unfortunately seen in many cases across the country,” White …

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(Corrects to show that the nominations were advanced, not confirmed, in headline and paragraphs 1, 3-4, 7) By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday advanced the nominations of dozens of President Donald Trump’s picks for government positions, voting along party lines for nominees including conservative activist Leo Brent Bozell …

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