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(Reuters) -U.S. health agencies said on Thursday they are seeking to develop a universal vaccine technology to target multiple strains of different viruses such as influenza and coronaviruses, in a project the Wall Street Journal reported included $500 million in government investment. The project, which the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is calling …

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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – Four current and former University of Texas at Austin students sued the college and Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday, alleging they faced unlawful arrest and retaliatory discipline for demonstrating against Israel’s assault on Gaza. The lawsuit is among a wave of legal actions against U.S. universities, law enforcement and …

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By Judith Langowski SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris called on Wednesday for Americans to stand up together against U.S. President Donald Trump and what she called “the greatest man-made economic crisis in modern presidential history”. Harris made the remarks in her biggest speech since leaving office, marking something of a political …

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By Luc Cohen (Reuters) -Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi was released from U.S. immigration custody on Wednesday, after a judge ruled he should be free on bail to challenge the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him over his participation in pro-Palestinian protests.  Mahdawi, born and raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank, was …

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By Leah Douglas and P.J. Huffstutter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Farm loan employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency will now need approval from billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to issue loans over $500,000, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Wednesday. DOGE has led President Donald Trump’s effort to slash …

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By Bianca Flowers and Disha Raychaudhuri (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office have featured an unapologetic assault on diversity and inclusion efforts, unraveling decades-old policies to remedy historical injustices for marginalized groups in a matter of weeks. In his second term, Trump revoked a landmark 1965 executive order mandating equal employment …

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(This April 24 story has been corrected to say ‘Minuteman III,’ instead of ‘Trident III,’ in paragraph 2) By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The costs of operating and modernizing America’s nuclear forces through 2034 are projected to soar to $946 billion, 25% higher than a 2023 estimate, a report by the non-partisan Congressional Budget …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A divided federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s bid to lift an order blocking the U.S. Social Security Administration from giving the Elon Musk-spearheaded Department of Government Efficiency unfettered access to the data of millions of Americans. The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on a 9-6 vote …

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