By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON -The U.S. Navy will rename an oil tanker that had been named after slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday, the military’s latest move under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to root out diversity, equity and inclusion. In 2016, the U.S. Navy said it …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge in Manhattan has extended an injunction banning the Trump administration from canceling unspent funding to help elementary and high schools in 16 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., address the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos’ preliminary injunction blocks Education Secretary Linda McMahon from rescinding unspent …
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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. federal prosecutors have accused two Chinese nationals of smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen that had the potential to be used as an agricultural terrorism weapon into the United States for research. The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday identified the pathogen as Fusarium graminearum, a fungus it said was …
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, who was arrested by U.S. immigration agents at a detention center last month, sued two law enforcement officials on Tuesday, alleging the arrest was part of a politically motivated move by President Donald Trump’s administration. Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democrat who is now running …
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By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled the U.S. Bureau of Prisons must keep providing transgender inmates gender-affirming care, despite an executive order President Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office to halt funding for such care. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C., allowed a …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday announced visa restrictions for several unnamed Central American government officials he said were connected to Cuban medical mission programs that include elements of forced labor and the exploitation of Cuban workers. Rubio did not name the officials nor the countries they are from. “These steps …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The administration of President Donald Trump was hit with a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to block it from eliminating Job Corps, the largest U.S. job training program for low-income youth. A trade group representing contractors that operate Job Corps centers and some of its members claim the U.S. Department of Labor …
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By Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A prosecutor urged a Manhattan jury on Tuesday to convict Harvey Weinstein of rape and sexual assault in his retrial, saying the evidence showed the former movie mogul used his power and influence to trap and abuse women. Lawyers for the prosecution and defense delivered closing statements, with jury …
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By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge dismissed the state of California’s challenge to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, allowing the state to file an appeal over the court’s ruling that the dispute should have been filed in a specialized U.S. trade court in New York. The ruling, handed down late on Monday by …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday rescinded guidance issued during his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden’s tenure requiring hospitals to provide abortions to women in medical emergencies regardless of various state bans on the procedure. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said the 2022 guidance, which interpreted a federal …
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