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By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is finalizing the dismantlement of the U.S. Agency for International Development, ordering the firing of thousands of local workers and American diplomats and civil servants assigned to the agency overseas, two former top USAID officials and a source with knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday. …

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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives oversight committee opened an investigation on Tuesday into health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handling of the federal response to bird flu, according to a letter sent to Kennedy and released by the committee. Kennedy, a long-time vaccine skeptic, has said that he …

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NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to release a proposal on biofuel blending mandates that covers two years worth of mandates, instead of a proposal that covers three years, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. Under U.S. law, oil refiners must blend billions of gallons of biofuels into …

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(Reuters) – The Texas health department reported 422 cases of measles in the state on Tuesday, an increase from 400 on March 28, as the United States battles one of the largest outbreaks of the disease in the past decade. Cases in Gaines County, the center of the current measles outbreak in the U.S. that …

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By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The nominee to become the highest-ranking U.S. military officer sought to reassure Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday that he would not become a “yes man” for President Donald Trump if confirmed, after being plucked from retirement and relative obscurity. Trump stunned the Pentagon in February by …

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By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court examined on Tuesday the legality of a 2019 statute passed by Congress to facilitate lawsuits against Palestinian authorities by Americans killed or injured in attacks abroad as plaintiffs pursue monetary damages for violence years ago in Israel and the West Bank. The …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday sent thousands of employees a new buyout offer to leave government service in exchange for pay and benefits through Sept. 30. The USDOT offer – which requires employees to decide by April 7 – exempts public safety positions like Federal Aviation Administration air traffic …

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By Sarah Kinosian, Kristina Cooke and Ted Hesson (Reuters) – On a Thursday morning last month, immigration agents knocked on the door of Leonel Echavez’ Dallas home looking for someone else. Despite an upcoming immigration hearing, the 19-year-old Venezuelan was taken into custody for questioning about his tattoos. Two days later, he was on a …

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