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By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -The U.S. consumer product safety agency will stop collecting data on injuries from incidents like car accidents and adverse drug effects due to staff cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an agency email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation. The 47-year-old National …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing two sources familiar with the matter. A final decision on rescinding the university’s tax exemption is expected soon, CNN added. The report comes a day after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to strip …

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(Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Jay Clayton, a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, will serve as interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York while the administration pursues Senate confirmation for him to serve in the role full-time. Clayton, a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell who specializes …

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By Ahmed Aboulenein and Julie Steenhuysen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Environmental contributors to autism are behind its rising prevalence, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Wednesday without scientific evidence, adding he plans to look at everything from mold to medicine to identify them. Kennedy repeatedly contradicted both developing and established science on autism in …

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(Reuters) -President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk are undertaking a sweeping campaign to cut the size of the 2.3 million-strong civilian U.S. government workforce. Over 260,000 employees have been fired, taken early retirement, have been earmarked for termination or have accepted buyouts. A new wave of cuts targeting career government workers has begun, …

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By Arathy Somasekhar and Stephanie Kelly HOUSTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government’s energy statistics arm is set to lose over 100 employees after the Trump administration’s latest round of resignation offers, putting at risk some of the most closely watched energy reports globally, three sources told Reuters. The U.S. Energy Information Administration publishes weekly, monthly and …

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By Brendan Pierson and Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – California on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to block U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign trading partners, accusing him of abusing his powers and inflicting financial harm on the state and nation. Trump imposed 10% tariffs on goods from all countries and higher tariffs for …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration intends to appeal a judge’s ruling allowing U.S. officials to face questioning over the steps taken to secure the return of a man wrongly deported to El Salvador, a court filing showed on Wednesday. (Reporting by Andrew Goudsward; Editing by Chris Reese)