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Trump signs order to create food supply chain task forces to protect competition

8 Dec 2025

WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to establish food supply chain security task forces in the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to address risks from price fixing and anti-competitive behavior, the White House said on Saturday. “My Administration will act to determine whether anti-competitive …

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Trump set to unveil $12 billion farm aid package, Bloomberg News says

8 Dec 2025

Dec 7 (Reuters) – The United States is set to unveil a long-awaited farm aid package on Monday, offering assistance of $12 billion to farmers hit by low crop prices and tariff policies, Bloomberg News said on Sunday, citing a White House official. President Donald Trump plans to announce the package during an event attended …

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US Congress considers ‘must-pass’ defense policy bill that would top Trump’s spending request

8 Dec 2025

By Patricia Zengerle and Julia Harte WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on Sunday unveiled an annual defense policy bill authorizing a record $901 billion in national security spending next year, billions more than President Donald Trump’s request, and provides $400 million in military assistance to Ukraine. The sweeping 3,000-page bill includes a 4% …

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US border czar Homan defends immigration crackdown on Somalis in Minnesota

7 Dec 2025

By David Morgan WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (Reuters) – White House border czar Tom Homan on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota, saying the state is home to a large illegal Somali community despite local officials’ comments that the vast majority of Somalis in the U.S. are American citizens. Homan denied, however, that …

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US lawmaker Cuellar defends Democratic ties after pardon as Trump blasts ‘lack of loyalty’

7 Dec 2025

WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar defended his party ties on Sunday as Republican President Donald Trump blasted the Texas lawmaker for maintaining his allegiance after being granted a pardon last week. Trump, in a social media post earlier on Sunday, said he signed the pardon for the congressman and his …

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Analysis-Kennedy vaccine advisers ‘turned back the clock’ on disease prevention, experts say

7 Dec 2025

LOS ANGELES, Dec 7 (Reuters) – U.S. vaccine advisers’ decision to scrap longstanding guidance on hepatitis B shots will expose more children to the harmful virus and may signal how other evidence-based vaccine policies can be undermined, doctors and disease experts said. Since 1991, U.S. health officials have recommended universal vaccination for infants against hepatitis …

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On eve of Hall of Fame announcement, Trump revives call for Clemens induction

7 Dec 2025

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) – With the National Baseball Hall of Fame about to announce its latest inductees, U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday made one last push for former star pitcher Roger Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner whose legacy has been tainted by accusations of using performance-enhancing drugs. Trump’s …

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Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes Yakutat, Alaska region, USGS says

6 Dec 2025

Dec 6 (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 7 struck the region around Yakutat, Alaska, the United States Geological Survey said on Saturday. The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles), it added. (Reporting by Devika Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Aurora Ellis)

Vaccine makers raise concerns over US panel’s shift away from hepatitis B shots for newborns

6 Dec 2025

By Mrinalika Roy and Michael Erman Dec 5 (Reuters) – Vaccine makers expressed concern on Friday’s decision by a U.S. advisory panel to scrap its long-standing recommendation that all infants receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth, a shift that public health experts fear will undermine decades of public health advances. Merck, whose Recombivax HB …

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Trump signs memo to align US child vaccines with certain other countries

6 Dec 2025

Dec 5 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday welcomed U.S. vaccine advisers scrapping a long-standing recommendation that all American newborns receive the hepatitis B shot, and signed a memo to review aligning child immunization recommendations with best practices from “peer, developed countries.” If the health secretary and CDC director “determine those best practices are …

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