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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from refusing to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans nationwide that reflect their gender identities. U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston expanded a preliminary injunction she issued in April that allowed six transgender and nonbinary individuals who challenged …

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By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Democrats demanded on Wednesday Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. make public the reviews on which his department said it based its decision to cancel a contract for developing a bird flu vaccine. President Donald Trump’s administration last month canceled a $590-million contract awarded to Moderna in January …

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By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court threw out on Wednesday a legal challenge by the state of Texas and oil industry interests to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing of certain nuclear waste storage facilities. The 6-3 ruling, authored by conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh and decided on procedural grounds, overturned …

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By Phil Stewart and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military is ready to carry out any decision that President Donald Trump may make on Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday, suggesting that the U.S. direction could become more clear in the coming days. Testifying before a Senate committee, Hegseth was very cautious …

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By Maria Tsvetkova CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) -When 35-year-old Oscar Escobar completed his term as the youngest elected mayor in his Colombian hometown in 2023, he was accepted into a program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government tailored to aspiring global leaders like him. If the Trump administration gets its way, Escobar may …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kendra Wharton, a former member of President Donald Trump’s criminal defense team who serves as the Justice Department’s senior ethics official, plans to leave the department in July, she told Reuters. Wharton replaced Bradley Weinsheimer, the department’s career designated ethics official who resigned in February after Justice Department leaders …

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