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By David Shepardson and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Commerce Department said on Thursday it has opened a national security investigation into the import of wind turbines and components.  Earlier this week, the department said it was adding wind turbines to a list of products that will face 50% tariffs on the aluminum and steel …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration on Thursday terminated a grant for a program in California intended to prevent teenage pregnancy and childhood sexually transmitted infections, saying the state refused to remove “radical gender ideology” from its curriculum. The Personal Responsibility Education Program educates young people on abstinence and contraception to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted …

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By Jason Lange, Unknown f781ef79-b713-474d-aef1-1fc7112288ee and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Most Americans believe that efforts to redraw U.S. House of Representatives districts to maximize partisan gains, like those under way in Texas and California, are bad for democracy, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found. More than half of respondents — 57% — said they feared that …

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By Jack Queen (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Wednesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to end temporary deportation protections and cancel work permits for more than 60,000 immigrants from Central America and Nepal. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allows the government to end Temporary …

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By Joseph Ax, Brad Brooks and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Texas lawmakers on Wednesday passed a new congressional district map intended to flip five Democratic-held U.S. House seats to Republican control in next year’s midterm elections, a key step in an increasingly acrimonious partisan battle as California Democrats lined up their own redistricting effort. Texas Republicans …

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(Fixes typo in headline) By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration has said it will assess applicants for U.S. work, study and immigration visas for “anti-Americanism” and count any such finding against them, sparking concern about implications for free speech. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said in a “policy alert” dated Tuesday …

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(Reuters) -At least 600 employees of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are receiving permanent termination notices, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday, citing the American Federation of Government Employees. The report added that the notices were sent out this week, and many employees have not yet received them, according to the employees’ …

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