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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A lack of oxygen likely incapacitated the pilot of a Cessna Citation 560 in June 2023 that prompted the U.S. military to scramble F-16 fighter jets before the private jet crashed in Virginia killing all four occupants, a final report said on Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board said …

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(Reuters) -A Wisconsin judge who was arrested last month and accused of helping an undocumented immigrant in her court briefly evade immigration authorities was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday on charges of concealing a person from arrest and obstruction of proceedings. Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee County circuit judge, was arrested on April …

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By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled on Tuesday that the United States can use the Alien Enemies Act to fast-track the deportation of accused Venezuelan gang members, in what appears to be the first court ruling that backs the Trump administration’s interpretation of the 1798 law. Judge Stephanie Haines, of the …

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(Reuters) -The Trump administration will shrink the time it takes to review potential land parcels on federal lands for oil and gas development by about half, to six months, the Interior Department said on Tuesday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The move to streamline the oil and gas leasing process aligns with President Donald Trump’s energy dominance …

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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -Harvard University expanded its lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s moves to cut off billions of dollars in federal funding to the Ivy League school on Tuesday after officials said they are terminating an additional $450 million in grants. Harvard filed the amended complaint in federal court in Boston hours after …

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By Jack Queen and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former girlfriend Casandra Ventura, the star prosecution witness at his sex trafficking trial, testified on Tuesday that the rapper and hip-hop mogul forced her into repeated drug-fueled sex parties he organized. Ventura, a rhythm and blues singer known as Cassie, said she took …

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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture restored on Tuesday some climate change-related webpages that the agency had deleted since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, after being sued by farm and environmental groups, one of the groups said. The Trump administration has frozen and canceled some funding to farmers for climate-friendly agriculture, …

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By Bo Erickson, David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives kicked off public debate on major pillars of President Donald Trump’s budget legislation on Tuesday, weighing choices about tax policies and spending on popular social safety-net programs that may strain their narrow majority. The plan, which would …

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(Reuters) – UnitedHealth Group said its Chief Executive Andrew Witty resigned as of Tuesday, and the company suspended its annual forecast due to surging medical costs, sending shares plunging nearly 18% to a four-year low. Chairman Stephen Hemsley, 72, who was CEO before stepping down in 2017, will assume the CEO title once again. Witty …

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