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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to intervene in its bid to allow the Elon Musk-spearheaded Department of Government Efficiency unfettered access to the U.S. Social Security Administration data of millions of Americans. The Justice Department asked the justices to put on hold a federal …

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By Sara Merken and Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – A prominent lawyer in Washington who defended Hunter Biden against criminal charges has launched a new law firm to represent former government officials and others targeted by the Trump administration. Abbe Lowell left his large law firm Winston & Strawn to launch Lowell & Associates, which will …

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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s budget proposal seeks to axe key parts of NASA’s moon program with a $6 billion cut for the space agency’s 2026 budget, but provides a boost to the Mars-focused agenda pushed by billionaire SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The outline of Trump’s proposed 2026 budget, released on …

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By Sriparna Roy (Reuters) -Measles cases in Texas rose 3% to 683 over three days, the state’s health department reported on Friday, as nationwide cases of the childhood disease approach the 1,000-mark. As of May 1, a total of 935 confirmed measles cases were reported by 30 jurisdictions, with 12 outbreaks reported this year, according …

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By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House wants to reduce U.S. health spending by more than a quarter next year, with the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention facing the brunt of billions of dollars in cuts. President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday proposed a $163 billion cut to …

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By Kanishka Singh and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to cut federal funding for NPR and PBS, two U.S. broadcasters that rely partially on government financial support, his administration’s latest effort to sanction institutions it views as opposed to his political agenda. The order, announced late on Thursday, …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Illinois man was sentenced on Friday to 53 years in prison after a jury convicted him in the killing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and the severe wounding of his mother in an October 2023 hate crime stabbing, prosecutors said. Joseph Czuba, 73, stabbed and killed Wadee …

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