WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration plans to finalize as soon as Wednesday a new written agreement that may form the basis for a potential Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, a senior aide told reporters. “We are on the precipice of sending out a new term sheet that hopefully will be delivered later on …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -Harvard University has agreed to give up ownership of photos of an enslaved father and his daughter who were forced to be photographed in 1850 for a racist study by a professor trying to prove the inferiority of Black people to resolve a lawsuit by one of their descendants. The …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The governing body for California high school sports on Tuesday said it would change its entry rules to allow more female athletes in this week’s track and field championships, after demands from President Donald Trump to stop a transgender girl from competing. Earlier in the day, Trump had threatened to withhold federal funding …
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered its missions abroad to stop scheduling new appointments for student and exchange visitor visa applicants as the State Department prepares to expand social media vetting of foreign students, according to an internal cable seen by Reuters on Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
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By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Tuesday allowed a group of 14 states to move ahead with a lawsuit challenging Elon Musk’s efforts to slash federal spending as the head of President Donald Trump’s new government efficiency agency, rejecting the Trump administration’s effort to dismiss the case. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, however, …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a pair of lower court rulings that had blocked the state’s strict abortion ban, once again putting the ban in place at least for now. The state’s high court ordered a circuit court judge to vacate her injunctions against the abortion ban, saying the …
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By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday struck down an executive order targeting law firm WilmerHale, in the third ruling to overwhelmingly reject President Donald Trump’s efforts to punish firms he perceives as enemies of his administration. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, in Washington, an appointee of Republican President George W. Bush, said …
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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to intervene in its effort to rapidly deport migrants to countries other than their own without the opportunity to raise claims that they fear being persecuted, tortured or killed there. The Justice Department requested that the justices lift Boston-based U.S. …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Tuesday it will increase oversight to stop states from using Medicaid dollars to cover healthcare for illegal immigrants. More than 71 million people are covered by Medicaid, a federal health insurance program for low-income Americans. CMS is ramping up financial oversight across the board …
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By AJ Vicens (Reuters) -An Iranian national pleaded guilty to participating in the high-profile 2019 Baltimore, Maryland, ransomware attack, among others, and to causing tens of millions of dollars in losses and disrupted services, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday. Sina Gholinejad, 37, faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison after he …
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