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By Jack Queen and Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault retrial began deliberating on Thursday in a Manhattan court, after a judge instructed them to weigh for themselves the credibility of the three accusers that the defense has said lied about their encounters with the once-powerful movie mogul.  …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration plans to suspend flights at Washington’s Reagan National Airport during U.S. President Donald Trump’s June 14 Army anniversary parade, the agency said Thursday. There will be aircraft flyovers and fireworks during the Army event, and during the peak of the celebration, the FAA said it would …

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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday endorsed a bid by an arm of a Catholic diocese in Wisconsin for a religious exemption from the state’s unemployment insurance tax in the latest ruling in which the justices took an expansive view of religious rights. The 9-0 ruling, authored by liberal Justice …

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By Julie Steenhuysen and Amina Niasse CHICAGO (Reuters) -Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s intervention in COVID-19 vaccine recommendations without input from a key U.S. CDC advisory panel has sown confusion among physicians and insurers over who should get the shots and whether they will be covered, experts told Reuters. Kennedy, a long-time vaccine skeptic, …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court’s current term includes cases involving birthright citizenship, guns, gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, online pornography, religious rights, preventive healthcare, Planned Parenthood funding, job discrimination, federal regulatory powers on nuclear waste storage and vape products, voting rights and more. Here is a look at some of the cases already argued …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to restore programs funded by AmeriCorps grants in 24 Democratic-led states but declined to bar the federal agency for national service and volunteering from cutting the bulk of its workforce. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Baltimore issued an injunction requiring the …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -All unspent funds that were appropriated for climate and clean energy programs under former U.S. President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act would be cut under a proposal by the Senate environment committee submitted on Wednesday. The panel released a budget reconciliation draft that would rescind all the unspent funds and create a fee …

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By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier on Thursday for people from majority backgrounds such as white or straight individuals to pursue claims alleging workplace “reverse” discrimination, reviving an Ohio woman’s lawsuit claiming she was illegally denied a promotion and demoted because she is heterosexual. The justices, in a …

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