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By Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration plans to rule quickly on dozens of small U.S. refineries’ pending applications for exemptions from biofuel-blending requirements, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told lawmakers on Thursday. There are 161 applications for exemptions from the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard pending …

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By Karen Freifeld NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) -Lawyers for Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka said on Thursday they would file motions to dismiss a charge that he had trespassed at a privately run federal immigration detention center there last week. Baraka, who is running for the Democratic nomination for governor in a crowded field, …

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By Jonathan Landay and Erin Banco WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top Democrat on the U.S. House intelligence committee on Wednesday called on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to produce proof of the alleged political bias that led her to oust the heads of the intelligence community’s highest analytical body. Gabbard’s removal of the pair came …

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(This story has been corrected to reflect that Rep. Bill Huizenga is introducing the bill and Rep. Bill Foster is a co-lead, in paragraphs 3 and 5) By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of eight U.S. lawmakers introduced a bill on Thursday that would require makers of artificial intelligence chips such …

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By Andrew Goudsward MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (Reuters) -A Wisconsin judge pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges accusing her of helping a migrant evade an arrest outside her courtroom in a case with implications for U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown. Hannah Dugan, an elected judge on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, is facing federal …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it may ban the Pentagon from transporting government officials on routine missions around Reagan Washington National Airport, after a series of incidents involving passenger jets. “Everything is on the table right now in our review to make sure that we keep a safe …

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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nuclear waste and radioactive plutonium would be assessed as a fuel for reactors under a draft executive order being considered by the administration of President Donald Trump on expanding nuclear power, moves opposed by nonproliferation experts. The Trump administration is considering four draft executive orders, which were seen by Reuters …

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By Andrew Mills, Nayera Abdallah, Tim Hepher and Mike Stone DOHA (Reuters) -The United States is examining development of a twin-engined warplane to be known as the F-55, as well as an upgrade to its Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor called the F-22 Super, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday. Trump was speaking at a …

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By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Thursday on President Donald Trump’s bid to broadly enforce his executive order ending birthright citizenship, a principle that has been recognized in the United States for more than 150 years.  Below is a look at U.S. birthright citizenship and Trump’s legal …

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(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice is carrying out a criminal investigation into UnitedHealth Group for possible Medicare fraud, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. UnitedHealth said it had not been notified by the DOJ about the “supposed criminal investigation reported,” and the company stood by “the integrity of our Medicare Advantage program.” …

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