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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out steep cuts to federal research funding provided to universities by the U.S. Department of Energy. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston issued a temporary restraining order blocking the department from implementing the new policy at the behest …

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By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) -The rise in the number of women holding top jobs at leading financial institutions has slowed over the last year and further progress is under threat as the United States and other countries roll back diversity drives, a new report has shown. The annual Gender Balance Index published by the …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Associated Press accused aides to President Donald Trump of defying a court order restoring its access to press events in the White House after a judge found the news agency had faced unlawful retaliation. In a court filing on Wednesday, lawyers for the AP accused the White House …

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By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) -Harvard University has turned to Elon Musk’s longtime law firm, Quinn Emanuel, and a pair of Washington insiders with strong Republican credentials for its multibillion-dollar fight with the Trump administration over research funding. In a letter on Monday, Harvard rejected White House demands to overhaul its curriculum. It was signed by …

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By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Wire services including Reuters and Bloomberg News will no longer hold a permanent slot in the small pool of reporters who cover President Donald Trump, the White House said on Tuesday, as it moves to exert greater control over who gets to ask him questions and report on his statements …

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By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump directed his health department on Tuesday to work with Congress on revamping a law that allows Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, seeking to introduce a change the pharmaceutical industry has lobbied for. Drugmakers have been pushing to delay the timeline under which medications become …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. Department of Government Efficiency attempted to place a team with independent nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice, the nonprofit said, marking a further expansion of the cost-cutting agency’s move to exercise control over non-governmental groups. KEY QUOTES “DOGE staffers Nick Cavanaugh and Justin Aimonetti informed us of …

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By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters. Caldwell was placed on administrative leave for “an unauthorized disclosure,” the official said, …

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By Tim Reid (Reuters) -Democratic former President Joe Biden on Tuesday made his first major speech since leaving the White House in January, defending the Social Security Administration as the Trump administration cuts agency staff and shutters some of its offices. Biden’s speech in Chicago to disability advocates marked a major re-emergence onto America’s political …

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