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By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic, her spokesman said on Thursday, after more than half a dozen other federal officials tested positive in recent days. The Democratic leader tested positive after a negative test result earlier in the week, spokesman Drew Hammill said …

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By Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court in a milestone for the United States and a victory for President Joe Biden, who made good on a campaign promise as he seeks …

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By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -The U.S. government health plan for people age 65 and over on Thursday issued its final coverage policy for Biogen Inc’s Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, moving forward with an unusually strict plan limiting it to patients in clinical trials. For drugs similar to Aduhelm, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) …

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By Karen Freifeld and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York’s attorney general on Thursday asked a state judge to hold Donald Trump in contempt of court for not turning over documents she subpoenaed for a civil probe into the former U.S. president’s business practices. In a court filing, Attorney General Letitia James said Trump …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A chemical engineering professor at the University of Kansas was convicted on Thursday on charges that he concealed work he was doing in China while conducting research that was funded by the U.S. government. A federal jury in Kansas City found Feng “Franklin” Tao guilty of four of the eight …

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By Sarah N. Lynch, Joel Schectman and Christopher Bing WASHINGTON/SPRINGFIELD, Virginia (Reuters) -The U.S. Secret Service has suspended four agents linked to two men accused of impersonating federal law enforcement officers who authorities said gave gifts worth thousands of dollars to agency personnel including one assigned to protect President Joe Biden’s wife. The two Washington …

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By Maria Caspani (Reuters) – Republicans in at least a dozen U.S. states have passed legislation this year restricting the rights of transgender youth in a range of areas, including healthcare, sports and classroom instruction. The bills, some of which have been signed into law by governors, come in the run-up to the 2022 midterm …

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