By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s approval rating edged up to 41% in the past week as Republicans warmed to his handling of the cost of living, a sign the administration’s new focus on affordability might be supporting his popularity, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The six-day poll, which …
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By Nandita Bose, Leah Douglas and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled a $12 billion aid package for American farmers, the latest government effort to shore up a key political constituency hurt by the financial fallout from his trade policies. Farm groups and Republican farm-state lawmakers have …
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By Simon Jessop LONDON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – The world’s biggest climate philanthropy has given $24.5 million to protect coastal ecosystems as part of a plan to create the planet’s first cross-border marine biosphere reserve, its head of nature told Reuters. The four grants from the Bezos Earth Fund are intended to help local communities …
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By Nate Raymond and Nichola Groom BOSTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday struck down an order by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to halt all federal approvals for new wind energy projects, saying that agencies’ efforts to implement his directive were unlawful and arbitrary. Agencies including the U.S. Departments of the …
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By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio are expected to brief the “Gang of Eight” lawmakers on Tuesday afternoon, according to two sources familiar with the plan …
By Daniel Trotta Dec 8 (Reuters) – The Roman Catholic Church in New York and more than 1,300 accusers on Monday announced they have agreed to mediation to settle sexual abuse claims that could result in one of the largest payouts ever by the church in the United States. Similar cases against the Catholic Church …
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By Brad Brooks Dec 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday it had sued a Virginia county’s school board for allowing a biologically female student access to the boy’s locker room and then punishing the boys for complaining. It was the latest action by the department over the gender policies of …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for a Tufts University PhD student and pro-Palestinian activist Rumeysa Ozturk to work on campus after ordering the Trump administration to restore her status in a key database used to track foreign students. Chief U.S. District Judge Denise Casper …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Dec 8 – The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted late on Monday to advance the nomination of billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Last week, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the space agency touted his plans to put U.S. astronauts back on the moon before China gets there …
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By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled on Monday they will uphold the legality of Donald Trump’s firing of a Federal Trade Commission member and give a historic boost to presidential power while also imperiling a 90-year-old legal precedent. The justices heard about 2-1/2 hours …
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