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By Richard Cowan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate will vote on Thursday on rival healthcare plans from Republicans and Democrats, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on Tuesday, as Congress struggles to address a fast-approaching surge in health insurance premiums for up to 24 million Americans. Democrats continued to …

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Dec 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. health regulator is investigating deaths potentially related to COVID-19 vaccines across multiple age groups as part of a safety review, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday. The HHS did not immediately clarify what age groups will be included in the FDA probe. …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – More than 200 former employees of the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday criticized what they called the ongoing “destruction” of its Civil Rights Division, saying President Donald Trump’s administration has abandoned the agency’s mission of protecting vulnerable Americans. In an open letter on the 68th anniversary …

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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Illinois residents can sue federal immigration agents if they believe their civil rights have been violated after Governor JB Pritzker enacted a new law on Tuesday in response to the Trump administration’s expansion of immigration enforcement nationwide.  The bill, which was sent to Pritzker’s desk by the …

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By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – A divided U.S. Supreme Court wrestled on Tuesday with a Republican-led bid to strike down on free speech grounds federal limits on spending by political parties in coordination with candidates in a case involving Vice President JD Vance. At least four of the six …

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By Jan Wolfe and Jack Queen WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday cleared the Justice Department to release grand jury documents in the criminal case against Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who is in prison for sex trafficking underage girls with the deceased financier. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in New …

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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – U.S. job openings increased marginally in October after surging in September, but subdued hiring and the lowest level of resignations in five years underscored the economic uncertainty that economists have largely blamed on tariffs. The Labor Department’s monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS report, …

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Dec 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. solar industry installed 11.7 gigawatts of new solar capacity in the third quarter, a jump of 49% sequentially, a study by the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie showed on Tuesday. The report said solar accounted for 58% of all new electricity-generating capacity added to the U.S. grid …

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