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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency placed 139 employees on administrative leave after they signed a letter critical of President Donald Trump’s policies, with the EPA saying it has “zero-tolerance” for those sabotaging the government’s agenda. The letter was made public earlier this week and titled as a “Declaration of Dissent.” …

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By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s fight with elite American universities was only a few days old when federal immigration agents arrested the Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil at his Columbia University apartment building in New York in March.  Over the more than three months he was held at a jail …

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DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he is willing to let migrant laborers stay in the United States if the farmers they work for will vouch for them. At a campaign-style speech at the Iowa state fairgrounds, Trump said he is working with the Homeland Security Department to help farmers …

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By Steve Gorman and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to increase entrance fees at U.S. national parks for visitors from other countries, even as his administration seeks to cut national park spending by more than a third. The additional revenue generated by higher fees from foreign tourists …

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By Nandita Bose DES MOINES, IOWA (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump took a victory lap in friendly territory on Thursday, celebrating passage of his massive tax-cut and border security bill among supporters at the Iowa State Fairground. Trump flew to the state, which voted for him by large margins during the last three presidential elections, …

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By Amy Tennery and Angelica Medina NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -U.S. immigration authorities have arrested Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in Los Angeles and plan to deport him, they said on Thursday, just days after he lost a high-profile bout to American rival Jake Paul. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Chavez was …

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By Patrick Wingrove and Michael Erman (Reuters) -Healthcare groups slammed the passage of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax-cut and spending bill on Thursday, warning that its sweeping healthcare provisions would inflict widespread harm on millions of Americans. The bill, when enacted, will overhaul the government’s Medicaid healthcare program that covers around 71 million low-income Americans, …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military said on Thursday it will send 200 Marines to Florida to provide administrative and logistical support to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. The Marines are the first wave of U.S. Northern Command’s support to the immigration enforcement agency’s mission, it said. “Service members participating in this mission will perform strictly non-law …

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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court again sided with President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday in a legal fight over deporting migrants to countries other than their own, lifting limits a judge had imposed to protect eight men who the government sought to send to politically unstable South Sudan.  Department of Homeland Security …

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