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Trump administration accuses judge of defying Supreme Court in deportation fight

24 Jun 2025 24 Jun 2025

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration accused a federal judge on Tuesday of defying the U.S. Supreme Court’s authority, escalating a fight over a group of eight migrants who it had sought to rapidly deport to politically unstable South Sudan. In a filing to the Supreme Court, the Justice Department said U.S. District …

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US health secretary Kennedy says he brought back 722 CDC employees, 220 at NIH

24 Jun 2025 24 Jun 2025

(Corrects day to Tuesday in paragraphs 1 and 4) By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday that he has rehired 942 employees who were laid off from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. Kennedy has vowed to remake the nation’s …

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Former US nuclear power regulators blast Trump’s firing of NRC commissioner

24 Jun 2025 24 Jun 2025

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nearly 30 former officials and employees at the U.S. nuclear power regulator on Tuesday blasted President Donald Trump’s firing of a commissioner at the independent agency, saying the action put politics over safety and public health. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The firing this month of Chris Hanson, a Democrat, at the …

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Trump judicial nominee pressured DOJ to defy court on deportations, whistleblower says

24 Jun 2025 24 Jun 2025

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A top U.S. Justice Department official tapped by President Donald Trump to serve as an appellate judge profanely pressured department attorneys to defy court orders to carry out mass deportations of people living in the U.S. illegally, according to a whistleblower complaint seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The complaint …

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Amazon Prime Video to have Wonder Project’s faith-focused channel in US this fall

24 Jun 2025 24 Jun 2025

(Reuters) -Faith-based content producer Wonder Project said on Tuesday it will launch a new streaming channel on Amazon’s Prime Video in the United States this fall. Studios, investors and streaming services are pouring money into faith-based programs to attract viewers with diverse content in a fiercely competitive streaming market. “This launch represents another step in …

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Explainer-How extreme heat tests public health and safety

24 Jun 2025 24 Jun 2025

(Reuters) -As tens of thousands of people braced for more extreme heat on Tuesday, authorities and public health experts in the United States issued heat warnings to help keep people safe. Cities of the U.S. Midwest and East Coast were seeing temperatures in the 90s Fahrenheit (32-38 degrees Celsius) this week, as was much of …

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Former leader of anti-vaccine group to present at CDC vaccine panel, CNN reports

24 Jun 2025 24 Jun 2025

(Reuters) -A former leader of anti-vaccine group Children’s Health Defense is set to present on flu vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal at a CDC vaccine advisory panel meeting later this week, CNN reported on Monday, citing a CDC official not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. The presenter, Lyn Redwood, is the president emerita of …

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US Senate parliamentarian says oil, gas projects can’t skirt environmental review

24 Jun 2025 24 Jun 2025

By Valerie Volcovici and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The massive U.S. tax and budget bill being finalized by Congress cannot pass a provision that automatically enables offshore oil and gas projects to skip over the federal environmental review process unless it gets at least 60 Senate votes, the body’s parliamentarian said on Monday. This is …

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Gates Foundation to commit $1.6 billion for Gavi vaccine alliance

24 Jun 2025 24 Jun 2025

(Reuters) -The Gates Foundation said on Tuesday it will commit $1.6 billion over the next five years to support Gavi, a public-private partnership that helps buy vaccines for the world’s poorest children. The number of kids dying around the world will likely go up this year because of the massive cuts to foreign aid, foundation …

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Supreme Court lifts limits on Trump deporting migrants to countries not their own

24 Jun 2025 24 Jun 2025

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for President Donald Trump’s administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them a chance to show the harms they could face, handing him another victory in his aggressive pursuit of mass deportations. In an action that …

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