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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump’s administration at a crucial time in the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 blocked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from adopting a federal mandate requiring face masks on airline flights and other forms of transit, a congressional report released on Monday said. Marty …

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By Zeba Siddiqui and Christopher Bing SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Domestic disinformation campaigns and homegrown threats to poll workers are emerging as bigger concerns ahead of the Nov. 8 U.S. congressional elections than foreign interference, according to U.S. cybersecurity and law enforcement officials. Russia and Iran, accused of meddling in past U.S. elections using disinformation …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Monday asked a federal judge to sentence former President Donald Trump’s adviser Steve Bannon to six months behind bars, saying he pursued a “bad faith strategy of defiance and contempt” against the congressional committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Bannon, …

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By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s recent comments that American Jews have offered insufficient praise of his policies toward Israel were “insulting” and “anti-Semitic”, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Monday. “Donald Trump’s comments were anti-Semitic, as you all know, and insulting both to Jews and our Israeli allies,” Jean-Pierre told reporters. A …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday introduced legislation to strengthen the authority of the Federal Communications Commission to oversee foreign sponsorships of U.S. broadcast TV and radio programs. Democratic Senator Brian Schatz, Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn and Representative Anna Eshoo, a Democrat, proposed giving the FCC authority to …

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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Starbucks Corp was sued on Monday by eight employees at a unionized South Carolina store who said the company falsely accused them of criminal conduct after they demanded a raise from their manager. The workers filed a lawsuit in South Carolina state court against Starbucks and the manager at the store …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday they filed a civil lawsuit against Cigna Corp accusing the health insurer of overcharging the government’s Medicare Advantage program by making it appear patients were more ill than they actually were. Prosecutors said Connecticut-based Cigna obtained tens of millions of dollars …

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By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – New York City police on Sunday asked the public to help identify a suspect who shoved a subway rider in front of an oncoming train this weekend, the latest attack in the largest U.S. transit system. The victim, a 26-year-old man, was helped back to the platform by witnesses at …

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