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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday charged five high-ranking members of the Carteles Unidos drug gang, known in English as United Cartels, while the Treasury Department announced it was imposing sanctions on the group. United Cartels, which is less widely known than some of its rivals, controls large areas …

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(Reuters) -Vaxart said on Wednesday it received an order to stop work on screening and enrollment for its COVID-19 mid-stage trial, joining multiple biotech companies that have lost government funding for their vaccine programs. The drug developer said it will keep working on its oral COVID-19 vaccine by monitoring participants already in the trial, but …

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(In first paragraph, corrects to say Rosner serving since mid-2024 as a commissioner, not since mid-2025) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump named David Rosner as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, where he has served since mid-2024 as a commissioner, the agency said on Wednesday.  The appointment of Rosner, a Democrat, is expected to …

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By Steve Gorman WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to streamline federal regulation governing commercial rocket launches, a move that could benefit Elon Musk’s SpaceX and other private space ventures. Trump’s order, among other things, directs the U.S. transportation secretary to eliminate or expedite environmental reviews for launch licenses …

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(Reuters) -A failed Republican candidate in New Mexico was jailed for 80 years on Wednesday for contracting gunmen to carry out drive-by shootings on the homes of Democratic officials after his 2022 election defeat. Solomon Pena orchestrated the attacks in Albuquerque, New Mexico’s largest city, weeks after losing his bid for a state house seat. …

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By Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -More than one in four U.S. adults with diabetes used one of the injectable medicines that target the GLP-1 protein last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. The wildly popular and effective GLP-1 drugs Mounjaro from Eli Lilly and Ozempic from Novo Nordisk are approved …

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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday revoked a 2021 executive order on promoting competition in the U.S. economy issued by his predecessor Joe Biden, the White House said. The move by Republican Trump further unwinds a signature initiative by Biden, a Democrat, to crack down on anti-competitive practices in sectors …

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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday he was working to divest illiquid personal assets including farmland by year-end after the Office of Government Ethics said he had not met deadlines in the ethics agreement he signed in January. In a letter sent on Monday to Senate Finance Committee …

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By Lizbeth Diaz (Reuters) -Yahir remembers growing up in Mexico without a bed or a stove. He didn’t own a pair of shoes until he was 10, and in the mid-1990s — when he was 13 — he crossed with a group illegally into the U.S. in search of work. He settled in California and …

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