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By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump is standing by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary who is upending the U.S. healthcare system, despite congressional pressure, public health concerns and the political risks of changing vaccine policies nationwide. Since becoming the top U.S. health official, Kennedy has slashed funding for vaccine research, limited …

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By Joseph Ax and Daniel Trotta NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared on Friday he would continue to seek re-election, following days of reports that President Donald Trump planned to offer him a federal job in exchange for dropping out of the mayoral race. Trump has vowed to do what he …

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By Dietrich Knauth and Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday declined to block a lower court ruling that said President Donald Trump’s administration could not unilaterally cut billions of dollars of foreign aid, requiring the administration to quickly move to spend funds on projects authorized by Congress. The U.S. Court of Appeals …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -College Board, the non-profit administrator of the SAT college admissions exam, has said it is discontinuing a tool aimed at helping to identify promising college applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds and neighborhoods. President Donald Trump’s administration has been pressuring universities and colleges to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion policies and has …

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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A federal judge in San Francisco ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration violated federal law by moving to cancel temporary protections from deportation for more than 1 million Venezuelans and Haitians living in the United States.  U.S. District Judge Edward Chen said that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lacked …

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By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on Friday authorizing pharmacists in the state to administer COVID-19 vaccinations to anyone who wants a shot, becoming the latest Democratic governor to try to countermand the Trump administration’s new limits on inoculations. The order, which Hochul signed during a …

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By Daphne Psaledakis, Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order paving the way for Washington to designate countries around the world a state sponsor of wrongful detention and impose punitive measures, including sanctions, on those it deems are wrongfully holding Americans. Senior administration officials said …

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