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WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Wednesday that she has granted waivers to six additional states allowing them to prevent the use of food stamps to purchase certain items, like soft drinks and candy.  The administration of President Donald Trump has now allowed 18 states to implement a variety …

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By Jack Queen Dec 10 (Reuters) – A federal judge in California on Wednesday ordered an end to Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles and directed that they be returned to the control of the state’s Democratic governor, finding that the Republican president had exceeded his authority.  The ruling by San …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) – A broad swath of Americans oppose the U.S. military’s campaign of deadly strikes on boats suspected of carrying illegal drugs in Caribbean and Pacific waters near Venezuela, including about one fifth of President Donald Trump’s Republicans, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. About half of respondents – 48% – said …

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By Nichola Groom Dec 10 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s freeze on approvals for major onshore wind and solar projects is leaving thousands of megawatts of clean power capacity in limbo at a time of soaring demand for electricity, a Reuters review of permitting data and interviews with industry officials shows. Just one solar …

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By Joseph Ax Dec 9 (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order designating one of the country’s most prominent Muslim civil rights groups, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, as a “foreign terrorist organization,” becoming the second high-profile Republican governor to do so in recent weeks. CAIR’s Florida chapter announced a lawsuit challenging …

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By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Manhattan on Wednesday allowed for the public release of records from a grand jury investigation into Jeffrey Epstein because of a law recently passed by Congress, the latest in a string of similar rulings. The order by U.S. District Judge Richard Berman, following …

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