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By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -El Salvador is only detaining an El Salvadoran man mistakenly deported from Maryland because the country is receiving U.S. payments, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said in a letter to the White House on Tuesday. Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, said his recent meeting with El Salvador’s vice president …

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By Jeff Mason, Gram Slattery and David Morgan WARREN, Michigan (Reuters) – President Donald Trump touted what he called a series of major economic wins and forcefully attacked Democrats during a rally in Michigan on Tuesday, as polling showed Americans growing more skeptical of his hardline approaches on trade and immigration. During a campaign-style rally …

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By Jonathan Allen and Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Jewish and Muslim students at Harvard University faced bigotry and abuse as the Massachusetts campus was roiled by protests last year, according to two reports released on Tuesday that found many felt shunned by peers and professors for expressing political beliefs. Harvard and other universities face extraordinary pressure from …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Tuesday alleging the Trump administration had effectively dismantled AmeriCorps by abruptly canceling grants and cutting 85% of the workforce of the federal agency for national service and volunteering. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Baltimore, 24 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia …

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By David Thomas (Reuters) -A Wisconsin judge charged with helping a man in her court briefly evade immigration authorities has added prominent conservative lawyer and leading U.S. Supreme Court advocate Paul Clement to her defense team. Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee County circuit judge, was charged on Friday with obstructing a government proceeding and concealing an …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will meet its targets for completing reviews of new drugs despite mass firings at the agency under the Trump administration, its chief said. In an interview posted on a prominent industry blog, FDA commissioner Martin Makary also said there were no plans for major reorganization at the agency, …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Gilead Sciences agreed to pay $202 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit accusing the drugmaker of civil fraud for paying kickbacks to doctors who agreed to prescribe its HIV drugs. The settlement announced on Tuesday by U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton in Manhattan resolved charges that Gilead violated the federal …

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