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(Reuters) -The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down its operations after the loss of federal funding, the nonprofit said on Friday, in a blow to local TV and radio stations that have relied on its grants for nearly six decades. The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed a $9 billion funding cut to public …

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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four Democratic U.S. senators on Friday slammed last month’s directive by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum requiring his office to review decisions on every wind and solar power project on federal lands, saying it will lead to delays and discourage private investment as power demand rises. The lawmakers said the …

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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from fast-tracking the deportation of potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were paroled into the U.S. under former President Joe Biden’s humanitarian programs. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, D.C. said it served the public interest to put on …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History has removed explicit reference to President Donald Trump from an exhibit about impeachment, a spokesperson said on Thursday. The museum in Washington D.C. made the change as part of a review that it agreed to undertake following White House pressure to remove …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship appeared on Friday to be headed toward being declared unconstitutional by a second federal appeals court, as judges expressed deep skepticism about a key piece of his hardline immigration agenda. A three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sharply …

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