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By Jeffrey Dastin and Marisa Taylor (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will track employee badge swipes, laptop logins and other data to determine if staff are working from agency offices as required, according to a memo this week, in the latest sign of staff monitoring in the Trump administration. In an agency-wide email seen …

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By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick for the third Republican commissioner on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, despite criticism from Democrats over Trump’s move to oust two commissioners from the consumer protection and antitrust agency. The confirmation of Mark Meador, a partner at law firm Kressin Meador Powers and …

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By Erin Banco and Humeyra Pamuk NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink is stepping down from her role, a State Department spokesperson said on Thursday, in a move that injects new uncertainty into the relationship between Washington and Kyiv. Reuters reported earlier that Brink was considering stepping down and leaving the foreign …

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By Bo Erickson and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a budget plan that lays the groundwork for extending President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, overcoming opposition from Republican hardliners who worried that it does not cut spending sufficiently. The 216-214 House vote is a preliminary step that would …

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By David Shepardson and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Army has turned over to the Senate a 2024 August memo detailing why it routinely failed to use a safety system known as ADS-B on helicopter flights around Reagan Washington National Airport, Senator Ted Cruz said Thursday. Cruz, who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee, had …

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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. said on Thursday that it will no longer require an environmental impact statement for thousands of oil and gas leases across the U.S. West, in a move aligning with President Donald Trump’s efforts to lift hurdles on drilling. The Interior Department said it will no longer require its …

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