MOGADISHU, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Somalis reacted with outrage on Wednesday to Donald Trump’s derogatory remarks about them and their country, although a few also said the U.S. president had spoken unpalatable truths. In comments made during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump described Somalis as “garbage” and said “we don’t want them in our …
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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Six former Environmental Protection Agency employees on Wednesday filed a First Amendment legal challenge against EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin for terminating their employment because they protested what they said was the politicization of science under the Trump administration. The employees were fired earlier this year after publicly …
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By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Voters in Tennessee elected Republican Matt Van Epps to fill a vacant U.S. House of Representatives seat, U.S. media outlets projected on Tuesday, padding the narrow lead by President Donald Trump’s party in the chamber heading into next year’s midterm elections. Van Epps, a former commissioner of the …
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MOSCOW, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman was convicted by a Russian court on Wednesday of a new assault on prison staff and sentenced to two more years in prison, where he now faces a total of 10 years, state media reported. TASS news agency quoted his lawyer, Irina Brazhnikova, as saying …
(Refiles to correct country’s name to Myanmar in paragraph 8, from Burma previously) Dec 2 (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday said it paused all immigration applications, including green card and U.S. citizenship processing, filed by immigrants from 19 non-European countries, citing concerns over national security and public safety. The pause applies to people …
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By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Ketamine, the powerful sedative that caused actor Matthew Perry’s 2023 drug overdose death, has been approved for clinical use as an anesthetic since 1970, when it was first given to wounded American soldiers during surgery in the Vietnam War. More recently, the drug has found renewed …
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WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) – U.S. factory production was unchanged in September as manufacturing remained constrained by tariffs on imports. The flat reading in manufacturing output reported by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday followed an unrevised 0.1% gain in August. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast production for the sector, which accounts for 10.1% of …
By Christy Santhosh Dec 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s drug evaluation chief, Richard Pazdur, is set to retire just weeks after taking the new role, a spokesperson for the health regulator said on Tuesday. Pazdur, the agency’s veteran oncology chief, took over the role on November 11, replacing George Tidmarsh after …
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By Michael Erman NEW YORK, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine advisers will vote this week on whether to delay hepatitis B shots for most American children, the new chair of the committee said, a move that would be the most consequential change since the health secretary began remaking vaccine policy. Delaying …
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By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Democratic activist Mayra Macías launched an independent campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, vying for the Chicago-area seat of retiring Representative Chuy García, who angered some fellow Democrats by timing his move to clear a path for a top aide to secure the …
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