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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Democrats have asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to invalidate the state’s congressional map as illegally advantageous to Republicans, a move that if successful could help determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives after next year’s midterm elections. The lawsuit was filed just five weeks after liberal Susan Crawford …

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By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -In a roughly five-week period this year, the U.S. National Institutes of Health terminated $1.81 billion in medical research funding, according to a new analysis. Between February 28 and April 8, the NIH canceled 694 grants in response to the Trump administration’s policy shifts and its efforts to shrink the federal …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday called on Congress to provide billions of dollars to replace the Federal Aviation Administration’s crumbling telecommunications equipment and radar systems, build new towers and improve runway safety. Duffy’s plan calls for replacing copper wire with new fiber, wireless and satellite technologies, replacing 618 radars, increasing …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to formally change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, following President Donald Trump’s executive order, though the measure is unlikely to succeed in the Senate. The House voted 211-206 to change the name of the body …

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By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -FBI Director Kash Patel told a U.S. Senate panel on Thursday that he supports a White House proposal to cut the bureau’s budget, a day after telling lawmakers he had wanted $1 billion more than the administration had requested. Patel’s Wednesday testimony to a House of …

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By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood will serve as the venues for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, LA28 announced on Thursday. The July 14 2028 opening ceremony will be shared between the historic Coliseum, which will become the …

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