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By Jessica DiNapoli and Emma Rumney NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which influence school lunches, medical advice and nutrition standards, are expected to be released as soon as June, two sources familiar with the matter said. The Trump administration is accelerating the timeline to impact meals served in the upcoming school …

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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump says he sent in the National Guard and Marines to “liberate” Los Angeles from the violence of protesters, but some residents of Little Tokyo, a neighborhood hit hardest by the unrest say “no thanks” Mr President. A dozen people who live, work or frequent the neighborhood, where …

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(Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is pushing to investigate whether Harvard University violated federal sanctions, The New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by the newspaper. Rubio is pushing to investigate if Harvard violated sanctions by collaborating on a health insurance conference in China that …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump warned people on Tuesday against protesting at the weekend military parade in Washington marking the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary. “For those people that want to protest, they’re going to be met with very big force,” Trump told reporters in the White House’s Oval Office.  Law enforcement agencies are preparing …

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By Kanishka Singh and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An immigration raid on Tuesday at a meat production plant in Omaha, Nebraska was the “largest worksite enforcement operation” in the state during the Trump presidency, the Homeland Security Department said. U.S. Congressman Don Bacon told local media 75-80 people were detained. The U.S. Immigration and Customs …

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By Brad Brooks, Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Dietrich Knauth LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, ratcheting up tensions in America’s second largest city as California’s governor warned “democracy is under assault.” Trump’s extraordinary measures of sending National Guard and …

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By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Migrant workers picked up at a well-known Italian restaurant in San Diego. A high school volleyball player detained and held for deportation after a traffic stop in Massachusetts. Courthouse arrests of people who entered the U.S. legally and were not hiding. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers …

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By Christian Martinez (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver was indicted by a grand jury on three counts for “forcibly impeding and interfering” with federal law enforcement, the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey said on Tuesday. McIver, a Democrat from Newark, New Jersey, was charged last month with assault and impeding law …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (Reuters) -President Donald Trump used a speech honoring soldiers on Tuesday to defend his decision to deploy troops to Los Angeles in a confrontation over his immigration policy, a move critics have decried as a politically motivated over-reaction. “Generations of Army heroes did not shed their blood on …

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By Joseph Ax PRINCETON, New Jersey (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Mikie Sherrill beat a crowded field on Tuesday for the Democratic nomination for New Jersey governor and will face Republican former state Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, who easily won his party’s contest, in November’s election, CNN projected. The race will be closely watched ahead of next year’s …

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