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By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. health officials gave the Food and Drug Administration the power to quickly authorize veterinarians and farmers to treat or prevent infestations of a flesh-eating livestock pest with animal drugs that may be approved for other purposes or available in other countries, the Department of Health and Human Services said …

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(Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk is quietly putting the brakes on plans to start his new political party, telling allies he wants to focus on his companies, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the plans. Musk, without commenting further on the report, said in an X post: “Nothing @WSJ says …

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By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kilmar Abrego, the accused gang member whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador made him a symbol of President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration policies, on Tuesday said criminal charges against him should be dismissed because he had been “vindictively and selectively” prosecuted. In a 35-page motion, Abrego’s lawyers asked a judge in …

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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House launched an official TikTok account on Tuesday, taking advantage of the short video app’s more than 170 million U.S. users to spread the messages of President Donald Trump. Trump has a soft spot for the popular app, crediting it with helping him gain support among young voters …

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By Diana Novak Jones CHICAGO (Reuters) -A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday rejected Elevance Health’s challenge of the U.S. government’s calculation for the health insurer’s star ratings for some of its government-backed Medicare plans after the company said improper rounding cost it at least $375 million. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth, …

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By Jack Queen (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump wants to ban mail-in ballots in federal elections, a form of voting popular with many Americans. About three in 10 ballots were cast through the mail in the 2024 general election, according to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. Trump, a Republican, does not have clear legal authority …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Attorneys general from California and several other U.S. states led by Democrats on Tuesday urged President Donald Trump’s administration to abandon its plan to rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, a move that would remove the legal foundation for all U.S. greenhouse gas regulations. If …

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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday unveiled a comprehensive schedule to hold more than 30 offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Cook Inlet over the next 15 years. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The plan fulfills a directive in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which passed last …

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