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By Kanishka Singh and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to restore a part of the federal grant funding that it recently suspended for the University of California, Los Angeles. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco ruled that the grant funding suspensions violated an earlier …

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By Colette Luke and Julio-Cesar Chavez WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Homeless people in Washington, D.C., could face jail time if they do not comply with President Donald Trump’s efforts to crack down on crime and rid the U.S. capital of homeless encampments, the White House said on Tuesday.  “Homeless individuals will be given the option to leave their …

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(Reuters) -A Union Pacific Railroad train derailed two miles east of Gordon, Texas, on Tuesday, the company said, and emergency responders said the derailed cars did not appear to be leaking their contents. The emergency responders in Palo Pinto County said that, nonetheless, the derailment was “being treated as a HazMat situation.” “At about 2 …

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By Andrew Goudsward and Julia Harte WASHINGTON -A steady stream of uniformed soldiers arrived at the National Guard headquarters in Washington on Tuesday to begin the deployment of troops called up to fight crime in the nation’s capital, as Democrats raised concerns about which city might be next. President Donald Trump’s deployment of the 800-strong …

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By Dan Levine and Robin Respaut NEW YORK (Reuters) -Grappling with the aftermath of a shooting that killed a police officer and left nearly 100 shattered windows, leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held virtual meetings with employees on Tuesday to rebuild trust at the agency’s Atlanta headquarters. CDC employees who can …

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By Dietrich Knauth and Jack Queen (Reuters) -The U.S. government’s unprecedented use of National Guard troops in Los Angeles to protect officers carrying out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown was illegal and should be ended, a lawyer for the state of California told a federal judge on Tuesday. The lawyer said evidence presented from the landmark …

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By Bhargav Acharya and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The White House said on Tuesday it will lead an internal review of some Smithsonian museums and exhibitions ahead of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, after President Donald Trump earlier this year accused the institution of spreading “anti-American ideology” and raised alarm among civil rights …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States announced criminal charges against Haitian gang leader and former police officer Jimmy “Barbeque” Cherizier and a North Carolina man on Tuesday for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions. The July 17 indictment, unsealed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that Cherizier and Bazile …

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By Scott DiSavino August 12 (Reuters) -U.S. power consumption will hit record highs in 2025 and 2026, the Energy Information Administration said in its short-term energy outlook (STEO) on Tuesday. The EIA projected power demand will rise to 4,186 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2025 and 4,284 billion kWh in 2026, up from a record 4,097 …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld an Arkansas law barring doctors from providing gender-affirming care including puberty blockers, hormones and surgery to transgender minors. The 8-2 decision by the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturns a lower court ruling. It also follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s June …

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