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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge pushed President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday to justify why it could lawfully refuse to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans that reflect their gender identities. U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick during a hearing in Boston appeared open to arguments by lawyers for seven transgender and …

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By Mike Scarcella, Sara Merken and David Thomas (Reuters) -Paul Weiss Chairman Brad Karp’s deal with U.S. President Donald Trump to escape an executive order that threatened the firm’s business has sparked broad condemnation in the legal industry, as Trump on Monday continued to wield a cudgel, saying that “law firms have to behave themselves.” …

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By Bhanvi Satija and Puyaan Singh (Reuters) -Measles cases in Texas and New Mexico rose to 370 on Tuesday, the states’ health departments said, an increase of 19 infections since their previous reports four days ago, as the United States deals with one of the largest measles outbreaks in the past decade. Cases in Gaines …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senate Commerce Committee chair Ted Cruz on Tuesday asked U.S Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to investigate if China is covertly working to prevent Congress from extending authority to auction wireless spectrum. In 2023, the Federal Communications Commission lost the broad authority from Congress for wireless spectrum sales and …

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By Brendan Pierson and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) -Groups representing Columbia University professors on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over its effort to force the university to tighten rules on campus protests and put a Middle Eastern studies department under outside oversight, among other measures, by canceling $400 million in federal funding and threatening to withhold …

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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Army Corps of Engineers will complete as soon as next week its revised list of energy projects that could be fast-tracked under President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national energy emergency, a U.S. Army Corps official told Reuters. The Army Corps, a federal engineering service with permitting authority …

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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration can pause refugee resettlement efforts while litigation over the freeze plays out in court, a federal U.S. appeals court said on Tuesday. Refugees conditionally approved for entry by January 20 will be exempt from the pause, a panel of three judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit …

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