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By Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s newly reconstituted vaccine advisory panel said during its first meeting on Wednesday that it would study the schedule of childhood and adolescent immunizations and review the use of older vaccines. The advisory panel has already strayed from norms and procedures …

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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The American Foreign Service Association urged the State Department on Wednesday to not go ahead with a planned overhaul that likely would see around 2,000 layoffs, saying it should abide by a court ruling barring federal agencies from implementing mass firings. The department has prepared to start sending hundreds of …

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By Luc Cohen NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Wednesday said she would order the pre-trial release of Kilmar Abrego, a migrant who was wrongly deported under the Trump administration. Although Abrego will be released without bail, the judge noted he would be immediately taken into immigration custody and still face criminal migrant smuggling …

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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday announced policy changes it said would speed up the search and development of offshore critical minerals. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement are updating policies across all stages of development to “reduce delays, improve coordination and provide greater …

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(Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges she assaulted and impeded federal agents outside an immigration detention center in New Jersey, the lawmaker said in a social media post. McIver, who represents a district in northern New Jersey, was indicted on three federal counts after prosecutors said she struck …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday voted 15 to 13 to approve the nomination Republic Airways CEO Bryan Bedford to head the Federal Aviation Administration but is not hiking proposed funding to overhaul air traffic control. All Republicans voted in favor, while Democrats voted against after some cited Bedford’s refusal …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration is escalating its battle with the U.S. judiciary over rulings that have stymied his agenda by filing a lawsuit with an unusual set of defendants: The judges themselves. The Justice Department late on Tuesday sued the federal court in Maryland and all 15 of its judges over …

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