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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -The National Weather Service warned on Thursday of “generational” floods in the U.S. South and Midwest as storms ripped across a swath of the country from Texas to Michigan, whipping up tornadoes and killing two people. At least 19 tornadoes struck on Wednesday, destroying homes and businesses, injuring at least eight …

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By AJ Vicens (Reuters) -A prominent Indiana University cybersecurity professor who was abruptly fired and disappeared from public view has not been detained and there are no pending criminal charges against him or his wife, a lawyer representing him told Reuters. Attorney Jason Covert’s statement is the first official word about the fate of XiaoFeng …

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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed legislation that would terminate new tariffs on Canada, just hours after President Donald Trump unveiled a raft of duties on foreign goods against countries spanning the globe. The Senate voted 51-48 to approve the bill and send it to the House of Representatives, where …

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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday released a revised version of their blueprint to advance President Donald Trump’s tax cut agenda that moved closer to a House of Representatives goal of $2 trillion in spending cuts over a decade. The announcement followed a White House meeting with top congressional Republicans, where …

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By Lawrence Delevingne, Michelle Conlin, Tom Wilson and Tom Bergin WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A pair of top Democratic lawmakers asked the U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday to preserve records related to President Donald Trump’s crypto venture World Liberty Financial and posed questions about potential conflicts of interest. In a letter sent to acting Securities and Exchange …

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(Reuters) -Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is lobbying U.S. President Donald Trump to agree to a settlement that would prevent the company from facing an antitrust trial later this month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Meta and its representatives met with the president and his senior advisers …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has missed its deadline for making a decision on traditional approval for Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, the company told Reuters on Wednesday. The delay comes on the heels of the FDA’s top vaccine scientist Peter Marks’ exit from the agency, which will be effective April 5. Marks, who played …

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