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US EPA tracking card swipes and laptop logins to check staff office return, memo shows

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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US Senate confirms Trump’s FTC commissioner pick

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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US ambassador to Ukraine stepping down, State Department says

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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Republican budget plan passes but hurdles ahead to extend Trump tax cuts

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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American Airlines plane struck on ground at Washington airport by another plane, no injuries reported

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An American Airlines plane carrying at least three members of Congress at Reagan Washington National Airport was struck on the taxiway by the wingtip of another American Airlines jet, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday. American Airlines flight 5490, a Bombardier CRJ 900 headed to Charleston, South Carolina, …

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US will no longer require green analysis on thousands of oil, gas leases

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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Trump says he may ask Congress for money to buy ships abroad

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he may seek authorization from Congress to buy large ships from other countries while the U.S. develops its own shipbuilding capacity. (Reporting by Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Chris Reese)

Trump administration urges states to limit what can be bought with food stamps

By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -The Trump administration is calling on states to request waivers that would bar food stamp recipients from buying soda and other processed foods with their benefits, according to a Thursday op-ed by U.S. health and agriculture secretaries, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Brooke Rollins. The secretaries, in the USA Today op-ed, …

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