By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan to close its flagship laboratory near Washington, D.C., could undermine research on pests, blight and crop genetics crucial to American farms, according to lawmakers, a farm group, and staff of the facility. The USDA has already lost thousands of research staff to President Donald …
By Steve Holland and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump declared his crime crackdown in the nation’s capital a success on Thursday as he visited federal officers deployed under his plan, which has drawn resident complaints that its tactics are too heavyhanded. Trump visited the U.S. Park Police headquarters in Southeast Washington, D.C., bringing …
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By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES -Grammy-winning American singer Lil Nas X was arrested early on Thursday morning after charging at law enforcement officers, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson said. The reported assault occurred after the “Old Town Road” rapper was spotted walking in his underwear in Studio City, California, the spokesperson said. Lil Nas …
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By Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -In a triumph for Donald Trump, a New York state appeals court on Thursday threw out a half-billion-dollar penalty while preserving a fraud case against him, enabling the U.S. president to rebound from one of his biggest legal defeats. The deeply divided decision by the Appellate …
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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court let President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday proceed with sweeping cuts to National Institutes of Health grants for research related to racial minorities or LGBT people, part of his crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and transgender identity. The justices, in a 5-4 decision, granted the …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is immediately pausing the issuance of all worker visas for commercial truck drivers, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday. “The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers,” Rubio …
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By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) -More Americans applied for refugee status in Canada in the first half of 2025 than in all of 2024, and more than in any full year since 2019, according to data published on Thursday by Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board. Their share of total refugee claims – 245 of …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. State Department’s continuous vetting applies to “all of the more than 55 million foreigners who currently hold valid U.S. visas,” a department official said on Thursday, including those who have already been admitted to enter the country. “The State Department revokes visas any time there are indications of a potential ineligibility, which …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department this week ordered states, local governments and non-profits not to use existing federal grant funds to provide legal services to immigrants in the country illegally or who could face deportation, according to an email seen by Reuters and interviews with grantees. The department’s Office of Justice …
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By Jorge Garcia and Mike Blake LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -On the sidewalk of Wilshire Boulevard bordering MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, barber Beraldo Gabaldon cuts the hair of the homeless for free to give them a fresh outlook. Hailing from Albuquerque, New Mexico, the 35-year-old former barbershop owner came to California to escape 15 years …
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