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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration plans to scrap a contract for a federal climate assessment used to direct government action on climate change, two sources familiar with the matter said. The administration will cut the contract with global advisory ICF for work on the National Climate Assessment, a comprehensive report published every …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers on Thursday asked the Transportation Department’s top ethics official to detail how the agency is addressing Elon Musk’s potential conflicts of interest given ongoing investigations of SpaceX and Tesla, companies run by the close ally of President Donald Trump. “Mr. Musk remains in …

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By Dan Levine -The Trump administration plans to remove all the members of a presidential advisory council on HIV/AIDS and provided no timeline for replacing them as the government overhauls its prevention and treatment efforts for the disease. The 30-year-old Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) had more than 30 members before U.S. President Donald …

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By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting campaign at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission raises concern about exposure of confidential corporate data, say two Democratic commissioners at the agency who were fired last month by President Donald Trump. Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya told Reuters they will call on FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson to …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to curtail the ability of judges to issue nationwide injunctions blocking government policies after key parts of President Donald Trump’s agenda have been stymied by such court rulings. The House voted 219-213 along largely party lines in favor of the No Rogue Rulings …

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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed directives targeting two former government officials who criticized him during his first term, calling one of them a traitor and saying they should be investigated. One of Trump’s directives named Christopher Krebs, his former cybersecurity chief, and said any security clearance he has …

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