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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -SpaceX received key U.S. regulatory approval on Tuesday to increase the annual rate of Starship rocket launches from Texas and booster landings in various bodies of water, allowing Elon Musk’s space company to significantly expand development of its giant Mars rocket. The Federal Aviation Administration, capping a years-long review, said …

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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers and taking other steps to shut down federal agencies that fund museums and libraries, mediate labor disputes and support minority-owned businesses. U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, agreed with 21 mostly Democrat-led states that …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Monday removed the vice chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, the latest in a series of dismissals by President Donald Trump from independent U.S. government agencies. Alvin Brown, a Democrat who was the first-ever African American elected mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, was designated as …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge in Manhattan blocked the Trump administration on Tuesday from canceling more than $1.1 billion in unspent aid meant to help U.S. elementary and high schools address the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos’ preliminary injunction prevents Education Secretary Linda McMahon …

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By David Shepardson and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government will not pay for a high-speed rail line planned between Los Angeles and San Francisco, President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday, citing cost overruns. The Republican president’s administration in February began probing whether to rescind about $4 billion …

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By Dan Levine and Leah Douglas (Reuters) -An aide to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking more information about three vaccines recommended by a panel of outside experts last month, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and two sources familiar with the situation. The advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control …

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By Hannah Lang (Reuters) -Tensions on Capitol Hill over President Donald Trump’s various cryptocurrency ventures escalated on Tuesday and threatened to derail the digital asset sector’s hope of legislation by the end of this year as a top Democratic lawmaker stalled efforts to debate a bill.  Although Congress had appeared likely earlier this year to …

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(Reuters) – Columbia University said on Tuesday it was laying off dozens of researchers whose work was funded by U.S. government grants and contracts that President Donald Trump’s administration canceled in March, citing antisemitic harassment on and near campus. “We have had to make difficult choices and unfortunately, today, nearly 180 of our colleagues who …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee said the sale of wireless spectrum held by the Pentagon could put President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense shield and other military projects at risk. Senator Maria Cantwell said mandating the sale of military wireless spectrum also could endanger a substantial …

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