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By Phil Stewart (Reuters) -The U.S. Air Force is denying early retirement to all transgender service members with between 15 and 18 years of military service, opting instead to force them out with no retirement benefits, according to a memo seen by Reuters. These longer-serving transgender service members will have the same choice as more …

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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Education said on Thursday that it is investigating Baltimore City Public Schools over allegations of tolerating anti-Semitic incidents. The investigation was ignited by a complaint from the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish advocacy group, against school leaders. The Department of Education said in a written statement that its …

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By Devika Madhusudhanan Nair and Ann Saphir (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller is emerging as a top candidate to be the central bank’s next chair,  Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Waller has met with members of President Donald Trump’s team, who are impressed with him, though he has …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced a new program to speed up construction and review of drug manufacturing plants in the country to boost domestic drug supply. The program, called FDA PreCheck, aims to streamline review of domestic pharmaceutical plants and eliminate unnecessary regulatory requirements, in line with President Donald Trump’s …

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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration has instructed U.S. diplomats in Europe to launch a lobbying campaign to build opposition to the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), which Washington says stifles free speech and imposes costs on U.S. tech companies, an internal diplomatic cable seen by Reuters showed. In a State …

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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart (Reuters) -Three of the five U.S. soldiers wounded in a military base shooting in Georgia on Wednesday have been released from a hospital and all are expected to make a full recovery, the U.S. Army said on Thursday, praising the fast actions by fellow soldiers to subdue the shooter …

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By Sriparna Roy (Reuters) -U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren are launching an investigation into UnitedHealth Group related to allegations that the company secretly paid nursing homes thousands in bonuses to cut hospital transfers of sick residents. In a letter dated August 6 to UnitedHealth CEO Stephen Hemsley, the senators called on the healthcare …

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By Tom Polansek August 7 (Reuters) -Nebraska cattle rancher Craig Uden bought 200 extra mother cows and their babies over a few weeks in May to expand his herd as dry weather gave way to rain that rejuvenated land used for grazing. In South Dakota, Troy Hadrick kept 16 more young female cows, known as …

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By Shivani Tanna and Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) -United Airlines said a technology issue that led to a grounding of its flights for a few hours at U.S. airports and major delays across its network on Wednesday had been resolved. “While we expect residual delays, our team is working to restore our normal operations,” …

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