By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday canceled existing grants under its Food for Progress food aid program, according to an email seen by Reuters and two sources familiar with the situation. The Food for Progress program sends U.S. commodities abroad for agricultural and economic development projects, providing an …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal appeals court foreclosed on Wednesday one of the main remaining means by which civil rights activists could enforce a landmark voting rights law’s protections against racial discrimination in seven mostly Midwestern states. The 2-1 panel of the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that private plaintiffs …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Wednesday that she believes recent levels of illegal immigration could provide a sufficient legal rationale to suspend habeas corpus, the right of someone in the U.S. to challenge their detention. During a hearing before a U.S. House of Representatives committee, Noem said …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Wednesday that the “central focus” of the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration will be on studying ultra-processed foods, sugars and food additives. “The central focus of NIH, is going to be looking at – and FDA – looking …
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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -New dietary guidelines for Americans will be released before August and will be four pages long, directing Americans to “eat whole food,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. told a U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday. The current U.S. dietary guidelines are 160 pages longer than those to be …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The lawyer President Donald Trump tapped to serve as Washington, D.C.’s top prosecutor and then dropped in the face of Senate opposition, said on Wednesday he is facing a professional ethics investigation, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Interim Washington U.S. Attorney Ed Martin said in the letter …
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By Laila Kearney (Reuters) -The middle section of the U.S. and Canada could have a shortfall of electricity this summer if higher-than-normal forecasted temperatures drive up demand as a changing mix of power supplies increases reliability risks, the organization overseeing the area’s grid said on Wednesday. Electricity demand in the United States and Canada has …
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By Karen Sloan and Mike Scarcella (Reuters) -A judge in Washington on Wednesday temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Justice from canceling $3.2 million in grants to the American Bar Association to train lawyers to represent victims of domestic and sexual violence. The ABA sued the Justice Department in April, claiming the agency illegally terminated …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Key members of the U.S. federal judiciary asked lawmakers to increase security funding on Wednesday, as the court system grapples with a rising number of threats against judges who have blocked parts of the Trump administration’s agenda. U.S. Circuit Judge Amy St. Eve told a U.S. House of Representatives panel …
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By Jason Lange and Julie Steenhuysen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans worry about the Trump administration’s ability to contain an ongoing outbreak of measles, while the vast majority of them believe that vaccines for the disease are safe, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Just 31% of respondents in the two-day poll, which closed on Tuesday, agreed …
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