By Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Harvey Weinstein’s retrial on rape and sexual assault charges got underway on Wednesday, as a prosecutor and a defense lawyer offered starkly contrasting explanations for the disgraced movie mogul’s encounters with women who hoped to make it big in Hollywood. Prosecutor Shannon Lucey told jurors in a New York …
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By Rich McKay and Doyinsola Oladipo (Reuters) -A fast-growing wildfire was burning in New Jersey’s Pinelands near its Atlantic Ocean beach towns on Wednesday and threatened to become the largest in the state in nearly 20 years, officials said on Wednesday. The Jones Road Wildfire had spread to 13,250 acres (54 sq km) on Wednesday …
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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In his latest step pressuring U.S. universities, President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an order intended to toughen standards for college accreditation, a requirement for accessing billions of dollars in federal student financial aid. The order was one of seven education-related actions taken by the president during an event in …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Michigan on Tuesday to celebrate his first 100 days in office, the White House said. Trump, who took office on January 20, won the battleground state in the November 5 presidential election. His last campaign rally was in Grand Rapids hours before polls opened on …
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By Peter Eisler and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has canceled hundreds of ongoing grants that funded everything from mental healthcare for police officers to support programs for victims of crime and sexual assault, according to internal records and four people familiar with the matter. At least 365 grants from the …
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By Dan Levine and Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directed prosecutors to investigate certain gender-affirming surgical procedures, which she characterized as “female genital mutilation” in a Department of Justice memo sent to employees on Wednesday. A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment beyond the memo, which cited an executive order from …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. on Wednesday added terrorism-related charges to its criminal case against an alleged high-ranking member of Tren de Aragua, the first time U.S. authorities have used those charges against the Venezuelan street gang. Jose Enrique Martinez Flores was charged in a new indictment with conspiring to provide and providing material support …
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By AJ Vicens WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ransomware was the most pervasive cyber threat to critical infrastructure in 2024 as complaints regarding such attacks jumped 9% over 2023, the FBI said on Wednesday. Ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure accounted for almost half of all ransomware complaints received in 2024 by the agency’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), …
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By Nandita Bose and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet will likely move to limit the influence of Department of Government Efficiency employees and reassert control over budgets and staffing once Elon Musk steps back from DOGE, two government sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. The Department of Government …
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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senator Dick Durbin will not seek reelection next year, he said on Wednesday, setting the stage for a competitive intra-party contest to fill his seat in the Democratic-leaning state of Illinois. The retirement of the 80-year-old, 30-year veteran of the Senate comes as younger, more progressive Democrats and …
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