By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to restore articles by doctors and medical researchers that were removed from a government-run website focused on patient safety because they contained references to transgender people. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston sided with two doctors at Harvard Medical School …
By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal immigration officials arrested dozens of immigrants following their immigration court hearings in multiple U.S. cities this week, in operations that advocates said appeared to target people who had been in the country for less than two years. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained migrants at …
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(Reuters) -The Trump administration announced on Friday that it had filed a lawsuit against four New Jersey cities, accusing them of being so-called sanctuary jurisdictions and obstructing federal immigration agents, according to court documents. The suit, filed in federal court in New Jersey on Thursday, said Newark, Hoboken, Jersey City and Paterson along with the …
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By Christian Martinez (Reuters) -A fifth person has been arrested on suspicion of helping some of the 10 inmates who staged a daring escape from a New Orleans jail that was caught on security video, authorities said on Friday. Authorities apprehended Casey Smith, 30, who allegedly helped two escapees who had broken out of the …
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By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday temporarily paused judicial orders requiring the Department of Government Efficiency, established by President Donald Trump and spearheaded by his billionaire adviser Elon Musk, to turn over records and answer questions in the coming days and weeks concerning its operations. The court put on hold …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday directed the country’s independent nuclear regulator to ease rules and accelerate approvals for new reactors and power plants, aiming to cut licensing timeline from several years to just 18 months. The move was part of a series of executive orders intended to boost domestic nuclear energy production amid …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When reports surfaced in the media that the federal government’s personnel office was planning to hire a driver to ferry around agency directors, officials quickly launched an investigation to find out who was leaking to the press, according to three people familiar with the matter. Hiring a driver at the Office of …
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By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Copyright Office director fired by the Trump administration sued President Donald Trump and other government officials on Thursday, arguing her firing was unconstitutional and should not be allowed to take effect. Shira Perlmutter said in the lawsuit that her termination by email on May 10 was “blatantly unlawful,” and …
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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -The spending bill passed by the U.S. House increases a tax the richest private universities pay on their endowment investment gains, a move proponents say reins in “woke” schools but that critics say will wind up hurting the poorest students the most. Tucked within U.S. President Donald Trump’s massive tax and …
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By Sara Merken (Reuters) -Former U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is returning to private practice and joining law firm Arnold & Porter as a partner, the firm said on Friday. Garland, who worked at the Washington, D.C.-based firm earlier in his career, will join its appellate and Supreme Court practice. Democratic President Joe Biden nominated …
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