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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday sharply questioned a lawyer from President Donald Trump’s Justice Department who was defending the administration’s move to terminate more than 1,300 U.S. Department of Education employees against a challenge by Democratic-led states. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun, during a hearing in Boston expressed skepticism …

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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former commander in the Taliban has pleaded guilty to taking an American journalist and two Afghan nationals hostage in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2008 and 2009, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. Haji Najibullah, 49, an Afghan national, who was charged in 2020 with kidnapping David Rohde, …

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By Nathan Layne (Reuters) -The White House wants to defund a bipartisan board that advises the president and Congress on Social Security policy, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the Trump administration moves to cut costs and eliminate independent voices in government. The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has notified …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley’s foreign funding disclosures, the department said on Friday. The investigation, which is seeking records relating to foreign sources of funding to the university, was initiated after a review found Berkeley’s disclosures to the government may be “incomplete or inaccurate,” the …

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By Andrew Hay and Nate Raymond (Reuters) -From warnings not to leave the country to guidance on how to complete degrees, U.S. universities are advising foreign students how to withstand President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.    First immigration agents arrested students involved in pro-Palestinian protests. Then thousands of foreign students were targeted for deportation over minor …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Justice Department unit that handles criminal and civil enforcement of U.S. food and drug safety laws is being disbanded as part of an ongoing cost-cutting campaign by President Donald Trump’s administration, according to three people familiar with the matter. About 215 people work for the Consumer Protection Branch, …

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By Will Dunham (Reuters) -In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a macabre way that they have nicknamed it the “bone collector.” The caterpillar prowls spider webs to scavenge trapped and …

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By Nathan Layne and Tim Reid (Reuters) -The Social Security Administration could lose thousands more staff beyond the 7,000 already targeted for cuts due to a move by the Trump administration to reclassify government employees, making them easier to fire, worker advocates said on Friday. President Donald Trump said last week his administration would proceed …

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By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) -After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Taras Atamanchuk found safety for his family near Houston, Texas. The 32-year-old moved to the U.S. with his wife and daughter in 2023 through former President Joe Biden’s “parole” program for Ukrainians with U.S. sponsors, landing a job as a software engineer with …

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