By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Tuesday to halt efforts to shut down Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks, whose news broadcasts are funded by the government to export U.S. values to the world. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, who is overseeing …
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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Michigan nuclear reactor hoping to be the first in the United States to restart after permanent closure has received about 10% of $1.52 billion in U.S. financing approved during former President Joe Biden’s term, the Energy Department said on Tuesday. The department’s Loan Programs Office approved disbursement on Tuesday …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal jury in Manhattan on Tuesday found the New York Times not liable for allegedly defaming Sarah Palin in a 2017 editorial about gun control, dealing the former Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate a second loss at trial. The verdict came in a retrial of Palin’s case, after …
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By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Power grid use in the far northeast United States registered an all-time low over the weekend as mild weather and rooftop solar panels slashed demand on the regional electrical system, grid operator ISO New England said on Tuesday. WHY IT MATTERS The U.S. power grid is shifting as climate …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Commerce Committee said Tuesday it plans to hold a May 1 confirmation hearing for Paul Dabbar to serve as deputy U.S. commerce secretary. Dabbar is a former CEO of Bohr Quantum Technology, developing and deploying technologies for the emerging quantum internet and a director at Dominion Energy. Dabbar, a former …
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By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed a major overhaul of the U.S. State Department that would shutter more than 100 offices, part of President Donald Trump’s push to shrink the federal government and align policymaking with his “America First” priorities. It is unclear how many jobs …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -West Virginia Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito asked U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. on Monday to reinstate programs aimed at protecting coal miners that were hit with layoff notices. Capito, chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, said the work done by the National …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States issued new sanctions on Tuesday targeting Iranian liquefied petroleum gas magnate Seyed Asadoollah Emamjomeh and his corporate network, the Treasury Department said, amid ongoing talks with Tehran on its nuclear program. Emamjomeh’s network is responsible for shipping hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian LPG and crude oil to …
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(New headline) NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Pope Francis visited the United States in 2015, cheering crowds of Catholics and non-Catholics turned out in New York, Washington and Philadelphia to greet him, lifting hopes that the U.S. church was about to enter a new, vibrant era. It turned out to be a period of deep …
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(This April 9 story has been corrected to remove the mention of birth defects as a complication of measles, in paragraph 25) By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. pediatricians and infectious disease experts say the fight against rising measles cases nationwide is being hampered by a lack of forceful advocacy for vaccination from government …
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