(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has chosen Retsef Levi, a member of its key vaccine panel, to lead its COVID-19 immunization workgroup, a spokesperson for the health department told Reuters on Monday. Levi had critiqued mRNA vaccines in the past, saying they can cause serious harm and death, especially among children, …
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By Idrees Ali and Emily Schmall WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. military might deploy to Chicago and is ready to go anywhere on short notice to crack down on crime. Citing a purported wave of lawlessness, Trump seized control this month of the police force in Washington, D.C., …
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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has ordered additional ships to the southern Caribbean as part of President Donald Trump’s effort to address threats from Latin American drug cartels, two sources briefed on the deployment said on Monday. The USS Lake Erie, a guided missile cruiser, and the USS Newport News, a nuclear-powered …
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By Rollo Ross and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Grammy-winning musician Lil Nas X pleaded not guilty on Monday to four felony charges after police say he assaulted officers who approached the singer while he was found wandering the streets of Los Angeles in his underwear. A judge set bail at $75,000 and said the …
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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -California Republicans filed on Monday their second legal challenge against Governor Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan, which aims to give Democrats five more Congressional seats amid a nationwide scramble for advantage in 2026 elections. The lawsuit filed by Republican lawmakers argues that the redistricting plan goes against the California constitution and requirements …
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(Corrects first paragraph to say “nearly three dozen current and former staff” instead of “nearly three dozen staff”) By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nearly three dozen current and former staff at the U.S. agency that responds to natural disasters warned Congress in a letter on Monday that the inexperience of the Trump administration’s top appointees …
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(Reuters) -The Utah Office of Energy Development, TerraPower and land development firm Flagship Companies signed an agreement on Monday to explore sites for a nuclear reactor project and an energy storage plant amid soaring demand for power. The parties said they expect to make recommendations for a site by the end of the year. U.S. …
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The head of a Pentagon unit responsible for accelerating the military’s adoption of new technology resigned on Monday, according to four people familiar with the matter, the latest exit of a senior military official whose political views have clashed with those of President Donald Trump. Doug Beck, director of the Silicon Valley-based …
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By Luc Cohen and Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada admitted in a U.S. courtroom on Monday to ordering murders and shipping millions of kilograms of cocaine during his decades-long leadership of the violent Sinaloa cartel. Zambada, 75, faces a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment after pleading guilty in federal …
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By Brendan O’Brien and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing the U.S. attorney general to prosecute those who burn or in any way desecrate the American flag, leading to criticism by free speech advocates. “If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail, no early …
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