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By David Shepardson and Steve Gorman WASHINGTON (Reuters) -California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday vowed to fight the “illegal” move by President Donald Trump’s administration to cancel some $4 billion in federal grants for the state’s ambitious but much-delayed high-speed rail project. A lawsuit challenging the cancellation as an “arbitrary and capricious” abuse of authority …

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By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Friday to protest against the proposed appointment of Nick Adams, a self-styled “alpha male” influencer, as the United States’ envoy to Malaysia. President Donald Trump last week named outspoken author and political commentator Adams as the White …

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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican National Committee on Thursday sued the New Jersey Division of Elections over its records on voter roll maintenance, asking a judge to order the state to hand over the documents, court documents show. The lawsuit, which was filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey in Mercer County, …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge to sentence a former Louisville police officer who was convicted last year of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights to serve just one day in prison, despite the fact the conviction carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. In a …

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(Reuters) -Donald Trump’s name appeared on a risque 2003 personal note to Jeffrey Epstein, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The president responded that the letter was fake. The Journal reported that the letter was one of several included in a leather-bound album meant to celebrate Epstein’s 50th birthday, about three years before sex-abuse …

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By Bo Erickson and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives early on Friday passed President Donald Trump’s $9 billion funding cut to public media and foreign aid, sending it to the White House to be signed into law. The chamber voted 216 to 213 in favor of the funding cut package, …

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By Mike Scarcella and Jody Godoy (Reuters) -A federal judge on Thursday ruled the firing of U.S. Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter by President Donald Trump earlier this year was illegal. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan said the Trump administration’s attempt to remove Slaughter did not comply with removal protections in federal law. …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed lawsuits brought by FBI agents seeking to prevent President Donald Trump’s administration from publicly identifying those who worked on the investigation into the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington found that the …

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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed U.S. diplomats worldwide not to comment on the fairness or integrity of elections conducted by foreign countries, according to an internal note seen by Reuters on Thursday, in a significant departure from Washington’s traditional approach of promoting free and fair elections overseas. The …

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(Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday responded to a Trump administration official’s demands for information about cost overruns for a renovation project at the central bank’s Washington headquarters campus, saying the project was large in scope and involved a number of safety upgrades and hazardous materials removals. “As explained on the Board’s public website, …

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