By Leah Douglas, Ted Hesson and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation. The remark was made during …
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Florida-based federal emergency response team that reopens U.S. ports after storms and accidents is unstaffed this hurricane season largely due to widespread federal workforce reductions driven by the Trump administration, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The closure of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Navigation Response …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean “Diddy” Combs paid a hotel security officer to hand over surveillance footage that showed the hip-hop mogul violently attacking his then-girlfriend Casandra Ventura in a hallway, the officer testified on Tuesday at Combs’ sex trafficking trial. Eddy Garcia, who had worked at an Intercontinental hotel, told jurors that …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration moved on Tuesday to make it easier to fire federal employees for misconduct, the latest step in a broader effort to overhaul the civil service and shrink the federal bureaucracy. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management published a proposed rule that would allow the office, which acts …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s first batch of judicial nominees since returning to the White House is set to go before a U.S. Senate panel as the Republican looks to further reshape a judiciary whose members have stymied parts of his agenda. Five of the 11 judicial nominees Trump has announced …
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(Reuters) -The Texas health department on Tuesday reported 742 cases of measles in the state, an increase of four cases since its last update on Friday. (Reporting by Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will nominate Laura Swett as chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the current head of the panel and a White House official said. Swett, an energy lawyer with Vinson & Elkins, represents pipeline and power companies in cases before FERC and has been an adviser to a chair …
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By Chad Terhune and Robin Respaut LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -American teens are increasingly turning to the weight-loss drug Wegovy as more families and their doctors gain confidence in its use for young people with obesity, new data shared with Reuters shows. The average rate of teens beginning treatment with the highly effective Novo Nordisk drug …
(Reuters) – Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after David Richardson, the head of the U.S. disaster agency, said he had not been aware the country had a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation. President Donald Trump has suggested closing the agency and has previously …
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By Evan Garcia, Patrick Wingrove, Rich McKay BOULDER, Colorado (Reuters) -An Egyptian national charged with tossing gasoline bombs at a pro-Israeli rally in Boulder, Colorado, injuring a dozen people, planned his attack for a year and used Molotov cocktails instead of a gun because his noncitizen status blocked him from buying firearms, prosecutors said on …
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