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Tennessee governor will sign bills restricting drag, transgender youth treatment

28 Feb 2023

By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said he would sign into law bills that passed the legislature last week banning gender-affirming treatment for transgender youth and restricting drag performances in public. Speaking to reporters outside a school on Monday, Lee, a Republican, also addressed a high-school yearbook photograph that appeared to show …

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U.S. EPA chief revisits Ohio derailment site as Republicans blast Biden

28 Feb 2023

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -The U.S Environmental Protection Agency chief on Tuesday postponed a trip to Africa to make a third visit the site of an Ohio train derailment and toxic spill, while President Joe Biden’s administration jousted verbally with Republicans who criticized its response to the incident. EPA Administrator Michael Regan reassured concerned residents …

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McConnell calls for higher US defense spending over the next year

28 Feb 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell called on Congress on Tuesday to increase defense spending in the coming year to confront what he termed growing threats from Russia and China. “In this environment, we need to continue to plus up defense,” McConnell told reporters, adding that other NATO countries also need to …

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Biden taps ‘wage theft’ opponent Julie Su as labor secretary

28 Feb 2023

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated Labor Department Deputy Secretary Julie Su to head the agency after current Secretary Marty Walsh departs next month. “Julie has spent her life fighting to make sure that everyone has a fair shot, that no community is overlooked, and that no worker is …

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FDA neurosciences chief Billy Dunn to leave immediately, analysts raise concern

28 Feb 2023

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration neurosciences head Billy Dunn will retire from his role effective immediately, the health regulator told Reuters on Tuesday. Wall Street analysts said Dunn’s departure could impact the regulator’s stance on neurological drug decisions in the near term, sending down shares of Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc 30% on Monday …

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Florida Gov. DeSantis ends ‘corporate kingdom’ of Walt Disney World

28 Feb 2023

By Dawn Chmielewski and Helen Coster (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that takes control of a special tax district surrounding Walt Disney World that for half a century allowed Walt Disney Co to operate with a high degree of autonomy. “The corporate kingdom finally comes to an end,” DeSantis said …

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Tennessee meat plant workers reach $1.2 million settlement over 2018 raid

28 Feb 2023

(Reuters) – Latino workers at a Tennessee meat processing plant have reached a $1.2 million settlement in a lawsuit over a 2018 immigration raid in which they were “targeted by federal agents” because of their ethnicity, an immigration advocacy group said on Monday. About 100 workers who were detained during the raid will receive a …

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Court revives challenge to New York law protecting workers who get abortions

28 Feb 2023

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived an anti-abortion crisis pregnancy center’s challenge to a New York state law that prohibits retaliation against employees for getting abortions or making other reproductive health decisions. A panel of the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the state law violates Evergreen …

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U.S. Marshals Service suffers security breach

28 Feb 2023

(Reuters) -The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) suffered a ransomware security breach this month that compromised sensitive law enforcement information, a spokesman said on Monday. The Marshals Service notified the U.S. Department of Justice to the breach, and agents there began a forensic investigation, Drew Wade, chief of the Marshals Service public affairs office, told Reuters …

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