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By James Oliphant and Helen Coster WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In the days since flash flooding killed at least 120 people in Texas, President Donald Trump has pledged unwavering support for the deep-red state, lauding Republican Governor Greg Abbott and other local officials for their “incredible” response to the July 4 disaster. That praise, which Trump is …

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LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. singer Chris Brown on Friday pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault causing actual bodily harm by allegedly attacking a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub two years ago. Brown last month denied a more serious charge of attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm in what prosecutors said …

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By Steve Gorman and Leah Douglas LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Federal agents conducted immigration enforcement raids on Thursday on state-licensed marijuana nurseries in an agricultural region of coastal Southern California, where they were confronted by throngs of angry protesters. As word and video images of the raids spread on social media, dozens of migrant-rights activists converged …

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(Fixes hyperlink in paragraph 11) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Marines on the streets of Los Angeles. Masked immigration officers at courthouses and popular restaurants. Bans on travelers from more than a dozen countries. For senior White House aide Stephen Miller, the architect of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, things were going according to plan.  He’d set …

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(Refiles to fix the second paragraph to show the comments were in an email to the workforce) By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The State Department will start sending notices to members of its workforce impacted by the reorganization soon, the agency’s top official for management said on Thursday, as President Donald Trump’s administration moves ahead …

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By Dan Burns (Reuters) -The White House on Thursday launched a fresh attack on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, with a top Trump administration official saying Powell had “grossly mismanaged” the central bank, chastising him for running a deficit and for extensive cost overruns for building renovations. Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, …

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By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Jonathan Gould as head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the agency charged with monitoring large national banks. Gould, who was confirmed by a vote of 50 to 45, previously served as chief counsel at the OCC from 2018 …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government on Thursday announced probes into hiring practices and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives by the state of Minnesota and Virginia’s George Mason University. It was the latest crackdown on such programs by President Donald Trump’s administration. The U.S. Education Department said it opened an investigation into George …

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By Jack Queen and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) -Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist who was detained by U.S. immigration authorities for more than 100 days, is seeking $20 million from the Trump administration over what he says was his false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. Khalil’s lawyers on Thursday said they submitted the …

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