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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump waded into a debate over the influence of big-money payouts in college sports on Thursday, signing an executive order adding federal government scrutiny to the practice. The order, which is expected to face legal challenges, seeks to block some recruiting payments by third parties like donors to …

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By Sarah N. Lynch and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said he met accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell in Tallahassee, Florida, on Thursday and will meet with her again on Friday. Maxwell’s lawyer, David Oscar Markus, speaking separately after Thursday’s meeting, said, “We had a very productive …

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By Ann Saphir, Jasper Ward and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump locked horns with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell during a rare presidential visit to the U.S. central bank on Thursday, criticizing the cost of renovating two historical buildings at its headquarters and pressing the case for lower interest rates. Trump, who called …

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By Rocky Swift (Reuters) -Hulk Hogan, the American sports and entertainment star who made professional wrestling a global phenomenon and loudly supported Donald Trump for president, has died at the age of 71, World Wrestling Entertainment said on Thursday. “WWE is saddened to learn WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan has passed away. One of …

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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order urging cities and states to clear homeless encampments and move people into treatment centers – a move that advocates for the homeless said would worsen the problem. The order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to overturn state and federal legal precedents …

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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A divided federal appeals court on Thursday said California’s first-of-its-kind law requiring firearm owners to undergo background checks to buy ammunition is unconstitutional, violating the Second Amendment right to bear arms. In a 2-1 vote, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California upheld a lower court judge’s permanent …

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By Jonathan Stempel and Ted Hesson NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Trump administration on Thursday sued New York City over local laws that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, saying the statutes unlawfully thwart immigration arrests and conflict with federal immigration law. In a complaint filed in Brooklyn federal court, the U.S. government said New York …

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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to allow the government to proceed with sweeping cuts to National Institutes of Health grants as part of the Republican president’s crackdown on diversity initiatives. The Justice Department asked the justices to lift Boston-based U.S. District Judge William Young’s June ruling …

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(Reuters) -Columbia University’s agreement to pay more than $220 million to the U.S. government to resolve federal probes was not capitulation but a means to restore vital public funding, the university’s acting president said on Thursday. But critics expressed concern about a harmful precedent in what they see as President Donald Trump’s push for greater …

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