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(Corrects president who appointed judge in paragraph 17) By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A Tufts University student from Turkey who was held for over six weeks in an immigration detention center in Louisiana after co-writing an opinion piece criticizing her school’s response to Israel’s war in Gaza was released from custody on Friday after a …

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By Susan Heavey, Bo Erickson and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was “OK” with raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans, as his fellow Republicans consider scaling back the scope of the ambitious tax-cut package they aim to pass this year. “Republicans should probably not do it, but I’m …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal judge warned on Friday that a new executive order from President Donald Trump that calls for cutting off funding to so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that do not cooperate with his immigration agenda cannot be used to evade a court order barring his administration from doing just that. U.S. District …

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By Jeff Mason and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday plans to sign a proclamation to encourage migrants who are in the United States illegally to voluntarily depart the country, according to a White House official. The “Project Homecoming” initiative will encourage migrants to “self deport” with the assistance of the …

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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon ordered military educational institutions to pull and review any books that promote what it called “divisive concepts and gender ideology” on Friday, in the latest move from President Donald Trump’s administration against diversity, equity and inclusion. Since taking office in January, U.S. Defense Secretary …

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By Tom Hals (Reuters) -Fifteen state attorneys general sued U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday to try to block his national energy emergency, which the states said is an unlawful effort to disregard regulations and fast-track permitting for oil and gas development. The Democratic state attorneys general, including those from California, Washington and New York, …

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By Pete Schroeder (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Jonathan McKernan, has instead been nominated to a senior role in the Treasury Department, the Treasury said in a statement on Friday. McKernan, who Trump tapped in February to head the consumer watchdog and was awaiting Senate confirmation, will …

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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a federal law preventing felons from possessing firearms, rejecting a challenge by a California man who said the ban should not apply to non-violent felons like himself. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California said the government showed the “permanent …

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By Liliana Salgado and Andrew Goudsward CHANDLER, ARIZONA (Reuters) -A simulation of a dead man created by artificial intelligence addressed his killer in an Arizona court this month, in what appears to be one of the first such instances in a U.S. courtroom. Made by his family, an AI-generated avatar of Christopher Pelkey spoke in …

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