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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A federal judge has dismissed a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to obtain judicial permission to cancel dozens of collective bargaining agreements between eight federal agencies and unions representing their employees.  Waco, Texas-based U.S. District Judge Alan Albright decided late on Wednesday that the agencies do not have legal standing …

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By Sriparna Roy (Reuters) -UnitedHealth on Thursday publicly confirmed it was under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and said it was complying with both criminal and civil requests from the federal agency. The disclosure was made in a regulatory filing, marking a shift in tone for the healthcare conglomerate, which earlier this year …

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By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency would report directly to the U.S. president instead of the Homeland Security secretary, under a bipartisan bill announced in the House of Representatives on Thursday.  The bill also would allow FEMA to reimburse states for the cost of sheltering emergency personnel after …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order curtailing automatic birthright citizenship is unconstitutional and blocked its enforcement nationwide. The 2-1 decision by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals marked the first time an appeals court has assessed the legality of Trump’s …

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(Reuters) -U.S. federal authorities have arrested a man accused of sending dozens of threatening and violent messages to public officials he viewed as hostile to President Donald Trump’s agenda, charging him with threatening a member of Congress. Geoffrey Giglio, a Trump supporter who has previously been questioned by at least four federal law enforcement agencies …

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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Texas state lawmakers met during a special session on Wednesday, to address for the first time the deadly flash floods that hit the Texas Hill Country this month, killing at least 137 people.  Senator Charles Perry, chairperson for the joint Senate-House committee investigating the preparation for and response to the flooding, …

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By Jeff Mason, Ankur Banerjee and Dan Burns (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump, a robust critic of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, will visit the central bank on Thursday, the White House said, a surprise move that escalates tension between the administration and the Fed. Trump has lambasted Powell repeatedly for not cutting U.S. interest …

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(Reuters) -The United States will stop distributing all influenza vaccines that contain mercury-based preservative thimerosal, marking the latest move by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reshape vaccine policy. Last month, a vaccine panel with members handpicked by Kennedy voted in favor of Americans receiving seasonal flu shots that are free from thimerosal, …

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