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By Leah Douglas and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with major health insurers on Monday, extracting pledges that they will take additional measures to simplify their requirements for prior approval on medicines and medical services. Insurers including UnitedHealth Group’s UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health’s Aetna, Cigna Group, Humana, Blue Cross …

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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear Virginia’s bid to scuttle a lawsuit challenging an 1869 state constitutional provision that imposes a lifetime voting ban on convicted felons, one of the toughest restrictions in the United States. The justices turned away an appeal by Virginia Attorney General Jason …

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By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp messaging service has been banned from all U.S. House of Representatives devices, according to a memo sent to all House staff on Monday. The notice said the “Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it …

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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a Rastafarian man’s bid to sue state prison officials in Louisiana after guards held him down and shaved him bald in violation of his religious beliefs.  The justices took up an appeal by Damon Landor, whose religion requires him to let his …

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(Reuters) -America’s Health Insurance Plans said on Monday that U.S. health insurers will take additional measures to simplify their requirements for prior approval on medicines and medical services. Health insurers will work to develop standardized data and submission requirements for electronic prior authorization by January 1, 2027, the industry trade group said in a statement. …

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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his administration has been working with Harvard University and could announce a deal “over the next week or so” to resolve the White House’s campaign against the country’s oldest and richest university. Trump in a post on his social media platform Truth Social …

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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies in the Senate face a political free-for-all over passage of his sweeping tax-cut and spending legislation, which Republican congressional leaders hope to enact in coming days despite growing resistance from different party factions. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, House Speaker Mike Johnson and …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Sunday ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant returned to the U.S. in early June after being wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador, released on bail pending his criminal trial on migrant smuggling charges. But the decision by U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes in Nashville, …

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(Reuters) -The Oklahoma City Thunder capped an extraordinary season by defeating the Indiana Pacers 103-91 in Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Sunday to win the franchise’s first title since relocating from Seattle in 2008. League MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the scoring in front of a raucous home crowd at Oklahoma City’s Paycom Center …

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