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By James Oliphant and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In just 10 weeks in office, Donald Trump has imposed his will on perceived adversaries in business, politics, the media and allied nations by leveraging power in ways no other modern U.S. president has tried. His administration has sought the arrest and deportation of student protesters, withheld …

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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday said the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump cannot quickly fire thousands of probationary federal workers in 19 states and Washington, D.C., narrowing an earlier nationwide ruling. U.S. District Judge James Bredar in Baltimore, Maryland, said that if federal agencies want to fire large numbers of …

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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate Ohio Solicitor General T. Elliot Gaiser to be the assistant attorney general leading the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing a Justice Department official. The Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Office of Legal Counsel provides legal …

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By Renee Hickman and Andy Sullivan BAKERSFIELD, California (Reuters) – When Blair Isbell’s food aid benefits arrive each month, the community college student and mother of two starts planning how to spend the roughly $7 per person per day she gets for groceries. Isbell has an app on her phone for every grocery store in …

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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senator Cory Booker accused President Donald Trump of “recklessly” challenging the nation’s democratic institutions in a marathon speech that broke a nearly seven-decade record on Tuesday for length. The 55-year-old New Jersey lawmaker, in a speech that began at 7 p.m. ET on Monday and went on for …

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By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek (Reuters) -The Trump administration has fired staff who were working on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s bird flu response as part of its mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association and a source familiar with the situation. The …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Princeton University said on Tuesday the U.S. government froze several dozen research grants to the school, which became the latest academic institution targeted by the Trump administration in a crackdown on what it calls antisemitism on campuses. Princeton President Chris Eisgruber said government agencies including NASA and the defense and …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting and killing Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group’s insurance division, in New York last year. In a statement, Mangione’s lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo called the decision to …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil may continue to challenge the legality of his arrest by immigration authorities in New Jersey, rather than in Louisiana where he is being held, a U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday. The decision by U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz in Newark, New Jersey, means any …

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