By Jane Ross and Rich McKay KERRVILLE, Texas (Reuters) -Six days after flash floods swept through parts of Texas Hill Country and killed at least 120, authorities say there are still more than 160 people unaccounted for, as thousands of searchers combed through piles of mud-covered debris for survivors on Thursday. But that figure may …
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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Six Secret Service agents on duty during last year’s assassination attempt against Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally received suspensions ranging from 10 to 42 days, the agency said on Thursday. The Secret Service did not identify the agents or disclose specific grounds for their suspensions. A gunman opened …
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By Patricia Zengerle and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-led U.S. Senate is due to vote next week on President Donald Trump’s request to slash $9.4 billion in spending on foreign aid and public broadcasting, setting up a showdown with Democrats that could complicate annual budget talks. Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the chamber’s …
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WASHINGTON -Employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently placed on leave after signing a letter critical of the Trump administration’s policies should be reinstated, said a union official in a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Thursday. The 139 employees, and hundreds of other EPA staff, had signed the June 30 letter accusing …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a New York public nuisance law exposing the gun industry to possible civil lawsuits when people use their products in shootings and other crimes. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected a challenge to the law by the National …
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By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration is widening its interpretation of a law banning most immigrants living in the United States from receiving federal public benefits to include 13 new categories of programs including Head Start preschool programs for low-income children. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday it …
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By Nate Raymond CONCORD, New Hampshire (Reuters) -A federal judge on Thursday again barred President Donald Trump’s administration from denying citizenship to some babies born in the U.S., making use of an exception to overcome the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that restricted the ability of judges to block that and other policies nationwide. U.S. …
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By Nathan Layne and Courtney Rozen (Reuters) -U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called on Wednesday for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be eliminated in its current form, even as the disaster-relief agency deployed specialists and supplies to Texas to help respond to devastating floods. Noem’s comments were a restatement of her thinking on …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Democrats on Thursday released internal Justice Department text messages and emails to corroborate claims by a whistleblower who alleged that President Donald Trump’s judicial nominee Emil Bove suggested that department lawyers could defy court orders to carry out mass deportations. Bove, the Justice Department’s Principal Associate Deputy …
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By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate Wednesday voted 53 to 43 to approve long-time Republic Airways CEO Bryan Bedford to head the Federal Aviation Administration. Bedford, the former head of the regional air carrier that operates nearly 1,000 daily flights for major airlines, stepped down last week after more than 25 years leading the …
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