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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas on Thursday blocked Obamacare’s mandate that health insurance plans cover preventive care, including screenings for certain cancers and pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV (PrEP), at no cost to patients. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth, Texas, previously found that the PrEP mandate violated a …

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By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – The Biden administration’s Interior Department on Thursday proposed a new program that would allow it to offer leases of public land for conservation purposes, in much the same way as it currently offers acreage for drilling, mining, and grazing. The plan would aim to protect landscapes from the impacts of …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration’s plan to end the national COVID emergency status next month does not affect Title 42 immigration policy, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday. (Reporting By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jarrett Renshaw)

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – The Biden Administration told the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that it should agree to hear a patent appeal over drug labels involving Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc and GlaxoSmithKline LLC that could have significant ramifications for the generic-drug industry. The U.S. Solicitor General said Teva’s generic version of GSK’s heart …

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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Liberal Democrats in the U.S. Congress called on President Joe Biden on Thursday to take executive action to crack down on misconduct in the banking, airline and rail transportation industries. The Congressional Progressive Caucus said its proposals for executive actions, agency rules and enforcement of existing legislation were “designed …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill on Thursday aimed at cutting Google and Facebook’s clout in online advertising, an early sign that lawmakers will press on with efforts to rein in Big Tech in the new congress. The bill targets Alphabet’s Google and Meta’s Facebook, as well as Amazon.com …

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By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – A Florida aquarium has reached a deal with animal welfare advocates to release Lolita, a 5,000-pound (2,268 kg) killer whale held in captivity for more than half a century, officials said on Thursday. The Miami Seaquarium said it had reached a “binding agreement” with nonprofit Friends of Lolita to return …

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By Julia Harte and Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) -Security consultant Brink Fidler led the staff at the Covenant School in Nashville through mass shooter training in early 2022, teaching them escape and lockdown skills and medical trauma preparation. On Wednesday, two days after a 28-year-old former student opened fire inside the private Christian academy, Fidler said …

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