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By Bo Erickson, David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. Congress advanced major elements of President Donald Trump’s budget package on Wednesday, as key committees approved tax cuts that would add trillions of dollars to the U.S. debt, while cutting spending on healthcare for the poor and disabled. With Democrats …

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By Jack Queen and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura testified on Wednesday that the hip-hop mogul raped her in 2018 after they ended their more than decade-long relationship. Ventura, a rhythm and blues singer known as Cassie, also said Combs agreed to a $20 million settlement to end her …

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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A Russian-born scientist and research associate at Harvard University who has been held for months in an immigration detention center in Louisiana has been criminally charged with attempting to smuggle frog embryo samples into the United States. Federal prosecutors in Boston announced the smuggling charge against Kseniia Petrova, 31, hours …

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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Georgetown University student from India whom the Trump administration detained over his pro-Palestinian activism must be released, a U.S. federal judge ordered on Wednesday. The Trump administration wants to deport Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow at the Washington, D.C., university. He was detained in March by immigration …

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By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -Elon Musk’s political action committee failed to pay registered swing state voters as promised during last year’s U.S. election in return for signing a petition or referring other voters, according to a proposed federal class action lawsuit. Musk’s America PAC helped Republican President Donald Trump beat Democratic challenger Vice …

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By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came under fire on Wednesday from lawmakers who said he has made false statements over vaccine testing and safety since taking the nation’s top health job. Kennedy made his first appearance in Congress since his confirmation as Health and Human Services Secretary in February, facing questions …

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By Richard Cowan and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Multiple congressional Republicans raised concerns about President Donald Trump’s desire to accept a $400 million airplane from Qatar, as rival Democrats slammed the plan as an illegal foreign donation and national security threat. Trump said on Monday that it would be “stupid” for him to refuse Qatar’s …

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(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it has approved the expanded use of Merck’s cancer drug to treat two rare types of adrenal gland tumors. The drug, Welireg, became the first FDA-approved oral treatment for pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL), providing a convenient option for up to 2,000 patients diagnosed with …

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By Will Dunham (Reuters) -A new analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago is revealing an array of previously unknown features of the earliest-known bird, providing insight into its feathers, hands, feet and head. The specimen, unearthed in southern Germany, is one of the most complete and …

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