By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis for the hit movie “Apollo 13,” has died at the age of 97, NASA said on Friday. Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks played …
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By David Shepardson (Reuters) -A U.S. agency announced on Friday an investigation into the government’s management of airspace around Reagan Washington National Airport after the January 29 collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army helicopter that killed 67 people. The U.S. Transportation Department Office of Inspector General said it is auditing the …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump from refusing to fund domestic violence programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion or transgender rights. U.S. District Judge William Smith in Providence, Rhode Island, agreed with a coalition of 17 groups that the conditions set by …
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Friday ordered a comprehensive review of Harvard University’s federally funded research programs, and threatened to take title to or grant licenses from the school’s lucrative portfolio of patents. In a letter to University President Alan Garber and obtained by Reuters, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick accused Harvard …
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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The University of California said on Friday it was reviewing a $1 billion settlement offer by President Donald Trump’s administration for UCLA after the government froze hundreds of millions of dollars in funding over pro-Palestinian protests. UCLA, which is part of the University of California system, said this week the government …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House announced on Thursday that a planned increase in federal law enforcement in Washington, D.C., would focus on areas with heavy tourist traffic and other hot spots around the city beginning at midnight. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he may use the National Guard to police the streets of the …
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By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) -Columbia University, Duke University, the University of Pennsylvania and 29 other elite U.S. colleges and universities were accused on Friday in a proposed class action of conspiring to inflate tuition costs for tens of thousands of students through the popular “early decision” admissions process. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump plans to appoint David Rosner as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Axios reported on Friday, citing a White House official. (Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Toronto; Editing by Franklin Paul)
By Polina Devitt LONDON (Reuters) -The White House plans to clarify what its official called misinformation about import tariffs for gold bars amid uncertainty, which saw some industry players pausing deliveries of bullion to the United States. According to a ruling on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) service’s website on Friday, Washington may …
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By Luc Cohen and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court overturned on Friday a lower court’s ruling that found probable cause to hold Trump administration officials in contempt over their handling of the deportations of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants under a centuries-old wartime law. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals also ordered Washington-based …
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