WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration plans to release audio of former U.S. President Joe Biden’s 2023 interview with the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar. The newspaper said the audio recording could be released as early as next week. (Reporting by Jasper Ward; …
(Reuters) -Southern California Edison (SCE), a unit of utility Edison International, said on Friday it had submitted a three-year wildfire mitigation plan to California’s Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety. The plan builds on efforts to address immediate and long-term wildfire risks in response to evolving customer needs and extreme weather events, SCE said. The company …
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NEW YORK, NY (Reuters) – Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has vowed to address rising U.S. autism rates as a top health priority for the Trump administration. Last month, he pledged $50 million to help identify environmental causes of autism, to be issued as grants by the National Institutes of Health, and has announced …
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By Christy Santhosh (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared Fujirebio Diagnostics’ blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, the regulator said on Friday, making the device the first of its kind to detect the brain-wasting condition. Blood tests could speed up diagnosis of the disease and make it easier for more people to …
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By Joseph Ax PRINCETON, New Jersey (Reuters) -New Jersey’s commuter rail engineers walked off the job early on Friday after 11th-hour contract talks with the third-largest U.S. public transit system stalled ahead of a midnight strike deadline set for meeting union wage demands. The first labor strike against the New Jersey Transit agency in more …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Judges on a U.S. appeals court panel on Friday expressed agreement with claims Republican President Donald Trump has made that he has broad powers to fire members of independent federal agencies, in a challenge to his removal of two Democrats from federal labor boards. Circuit Judges Gregory Katsas and Justin Walker …
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(Reuters) – The Texas health department said measles cases in the state increased by one over the last three days, the lowest addition since the outbreak began in February, taking the total to 718 as of Friday. The latest case was reported in Gaines County, the epicenter of the outbreak, which reported a total of …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that over the next two to three weeks U.S. officials will be sending letters to countries outlining “what they will be paying to do business in the United States.” Trump, speaking in the capital of the United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi on the last stage …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Amneal Pharmaceuticals’ self-administered migraine drug, giving way to a quick and more convenient treatment option for patients. The treatment, branded as Brekiya, delivers a single dose of the drug called dihydroergotamine mesylate via an autoinjector. It is approved for the treatment of acute cases of migraine …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Republican push to advance U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax bill through Congress appeared to hit a roadblock on Thursday, as hardline conservatives demanded deeper cuts to Medicaid in exchange for their support in a key procedural vote. House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington warned that the vote, planned …
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