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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. House Democrats on Tuesday proposed making it unlawful for airlines to offer flights if they know they lack sufficient staff or to cancel flights close to scheduled departures because of foreseeable staffing issues. In a summer of growing frustration over tens of thousands of canceled flights, Representatives …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Postal Service booked a onetime, non-cash benefit of $59.6 billion after President Joe Biden signed financial relief legislation into law, the USPS said on Tuesday. Struggling with diminishing mail volumes despite having to deliver to a growing number of addresses, the USPS has reported net losses of more than $90 billion …

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By Sarah N. Lynch and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department’s silence about its search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home is a sign of an investigation being run “by the book,” former federal prosecutors said on Tuesday. Trump disclosed on Monday that FBI agents were at his Mar-a-Lago resort in …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden continues to test negative for COVID-19 but is suffering its lingering effects, the White House press office said on Tuesday, after he coughed repeatedly through a speech on the South Lawn. Biden spoke to dozens of Congress members, including Republicans, as well as business executives and members of …

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By Brian Ellsworth and Sarah N. Lynch PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump said FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday and broke into his safe in what his son acknowledged was part of an investigation into Trump’s removal of official presidential records from the White House to his Florida resort. The …

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By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood actress Anne Heche remained hospitalized in critical condition, comatose and connected to a breathing machine on Monday, four days after suffering severe injuries in a fiery Los Angeles car crash, a spokesperson for the performer said. Heche, 53, has been hospitalized since shortly after the compact car …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of 23 state attorneys general led by Florida told a federal court on Monday that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lacks the legal authority to impose a nationwide transportation mask mandate to address COVID-19. The CDC sought “an unprecedented masking mandate regulating every breath …

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(Reuters) -The Biden administration has decided to stretch out its limited supply of monkeypox vaccine by allowing a different method of injection that uses one-fifth as much per shot, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing senior officials familiar with the planning. The United States declared monkeypox a public health emergency last week, in …

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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – Albuquerque business owner Mula Akbar now carries a pistol most of the time after three Muslim men he knew were ambushed and killed in New Mexico’s largest city in the last 10 days. He said he and other members of Albuquerque’s Muslim community are taking such precautions while police search …

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