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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration sent termination notices late on Friday to employees of a worker health and safety agency that provides research and services for coal miners, firefighters and others, despite appeals by a lawmaker from Trump’s Republican Party to preserve its programs. Employees of the National Institute for Occupational Safety …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration agreed on Friday to refrain from unilaterally cutting off Maine’s access to federal funding used to feed school children, ending one of several legal fights stemming from the state’s refusal to comply with his demands to ban transgender athletes from girls’ sports teams. The U.S. …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal investigators have launched a probe after two flights aborted landings at Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday because a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter too close. The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that air traffic control told Delta Air Lines Flight 1671, an Airbus A319 that had originated …

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By Mike Scarcella, Jack Queen and David Thomas (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday struck down Donald Trump’s executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie as a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s protections of free speech and due process, and castigated him for “settling personal vendettas.” U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell’s ruling represented the broadest …

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By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Seven people were killed and eight others injured after a van carrying more than a dozen tourists collided with a pickup truck in a fiery highway crash near Yellowstone National Park, Idaho state police said on Friday. The cause of the accident, which occurred about an hour and 15 minutes before …

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By Simon Lewis, Daphne Psaledakis and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top diplomat, foreign aid chief, national archivist and now national security adviser. Marco Rubio’s expanding resume underscores President Donald Trump’s increasing trust in the former Florida senator, officials said. Trump said on Thursday that his national security adviser Mike Waltz would move on to become …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will testify before the U.S. Senate’s health committee on May 14, the panel said on Friday, more than a month after its Republican chairman called him to speak amid dramatic changes at the department he oversees. Kennedy had been expected to appear before the Senate Health, Education, …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government has reached a settlement with the family of President Donald Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed by a police officer during the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, an advocacy group representing the woman’s family said on Friday. The Justice Department and Babbitt’s estate …

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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced plans on Friday to slash its budget by $300 million in fiscal year 2026, reduce staffing to 1980s levels and dissolve its research and development office as part of a sweeping overhaul of the agency. The reorganization will consolidate several key offices, reflecting plans …

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