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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Organizers and supporters of pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University were sued on Monday in Manhattan federal court for allegedly functioning as Hamas’ “propaganda arm” and “in-house public relations firm” in New York City and on campus. The lawsuit was filed by nine U.S. and Israeli citizens who were …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -CBS on Tuesday urged the Federal Communications Commission to immediately dismiss a complaint over a “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, saying there was no evidence of “news distortion.” The program, which aired in October, drew criticism from a conservative group and then-presidential candidate Donald Trump over CBS’s …

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(Reuters) – Several residents of Los Angeles who were affected by the deadly Palisades wildfire sued city authorities over claims that municipal utility power lines ignited the fire, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. The suit cited a Washington Post article dated January 12, in which the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power told …

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By Michael Martina and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Trump administration officials mistakenly disclosed war plans in a messaging group that included a journalist shortly before the U.S. attacked Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis, the White House said on Monday, following a first-hand account by The Atlantic. Democratic lawmakers swiftly blasted the misstep, saying it was a …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by 21 young people to revive a novel lawsuit claiming the U.S. government’s energy policies violate their rights to be protected from climate change. The justices denied a request by the youth activists to hear their appeal of a decision by the …

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By Jonathan Allen and Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday described Columbia University’s response to government demands to tighten rules on campus protests and other measures as a “promising first step” toward regaining federal grants and contracts. Earlier this month, the Trump administration canceled grants and contracts awarded to …

Columbia took ‘promising first step’ on meeting demands, US says Read More »

By Jeff Mason and Michael Erman (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate Susan Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the organization she currently leads in an acting capacity, he said on Monday. Monarez, with 20 years of U.S. government agency experience, was previously deputy director of the Advanced …

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will likely focus on more traditional cases under incoming leadership, including those involving individual wrongdoing and fraud targeting elders, the agency’s acting enforcement director said on Monday. The SEC has pioneered novel enforcement theories in recent years, such as a 2021 “shadow trading” case, which …

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