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By Bo Erickson and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Struggling to agree on a path forward for President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill, some U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday turned their anger on the referee charged with ensuring that lawmakers follow their own rules. That pushback came in response to Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough’s …

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By Joseph Ax and Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK (Reuters) -Self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s unexpected upset in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday exhilarated progressive activists, who had banded together to prevent the more moderate former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo from triumphing. But the surprise outcome also generated excitement from a very …

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By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has approved $30 million in funding for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the State Department said on Thursday, calling on other countries to also support the controversial group delivering aid in war-torn Gaza. “This support is simply the latest iteration of President Trump’s and …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department will investigate hiring practices at the University of California system to examine whether its efforts to boost faculty diversity run afoul of anti-discrimination laws, the department said in a statement on Thursday. The probe is the latest move against colleges and universities by President Donald Trump’s …

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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON -The U.S. Department of Agriculture found significant safety issues at its top research facility in an investigation of 2023 whistleblower complaints about the state of the site, the Office of Special Counsel said in a letter sent to the White House. The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Maryland, just outside Washington, …

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By Daniel Wiessner and Blake Brittain (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from shutting down Job Corps, a major residential job training program for low-income youth.  U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter in Manhattan said the abrupt shuttering of the 60-year-old program by the U.S. Department of Labor without authorization from …

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By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the CDC was pulled into political contention over U.S. vaccine policy on Wednesday, describing the medications as “life-saving” and telling a Senate panel that she has not seen evidence linking vaccines and autism. If confirmed, Susan Monarez, a career public health official …

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