By Dan Levine and Deena Beasley (Reuters) -The U.S. CDC has tightened security following an attack Friday on its Atlanta headquarters that left a police officer and the gunman dead, including having most employees work from home this week and removing vehicle decals showing where they work. The union representing workers at the Centers for …
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By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Texas Republicans tried on Monday to pressure Democrats to return to the state legislature after their absence again prevented a vote on a redistricting plan favored by President Donald Trump that seeks to add Republican seats in Congress. After House Speaker Dustin Burrows declared there were too few members to …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would ask Congress to tighten U.S. crime laws as part of a crackdown on violent crime in the District of Columbia and other U.S. cities. Trump said Congress should end reforms in Chicago, New York and some other cities that allow some accused …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration is looking at reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug and potentially lower criminal penalties, but no final decision has been made. Speaking to reporters at the White House briefing room, Trump said a decision could come within the next couple of weeks. (Reporting …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that grand jury records from the sex trafficking case of Ghislaine Maxwell – partner of late financier Jeffrey Epstein – will remain sealed, writing that their release would not answer lingering questions about the case despite the Justice Department’s portrayal of them as matters …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Monday announced he is invoking the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to place the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control, a rare and controversial move. Trump also said he is also deploying National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., to “re-establish law, order, and public safety,” declaring …
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By Michael Erman and Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children, the journal’s editor told Reuters. Kennedy has long promoted doubts about vaccines’ …
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By Bo Erickson, Nandita Bose and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump pledged on Sunday to evict homeless people from the nation’s capital and jail criminals, despite Washington’s mayor arguing there is no current spike in crime. While details of the plan were unclear, the administration is preparing to deploy hundreds of National Guard …
(Reuters) -The U.S. military is preparing for the activation of hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday. The officials, who were speaking on the condition of anonymity, said a final decision was still to be made by U.S. President Donald Trump but the troops were prepared to …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was nominating State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce as the next U.S. deputy representative to the United Nations. Bruce has been the State Department spokesperson since Trump took office in January. In a post on social media in which Trump announced her nomination, the …
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