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By Jack Queen (Reuters) -An FBI agent who accused the bureau of political bias during Donald Trump’s first presidential term was arrested this week at a New York airport and charged with illegally disclosing confidential documents, court filings show. Johnathan Buma, a 15-year FBI veteran and counterintelligence specialist, is accused of printing roughly 130 files …

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By Robin Respaut SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Joey Cortez, who served 24 years in the U.S. Air Force, had been waiting since August to see a mental health specialist from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, when he experienced a fresh jolt of anxiety. Cortez was fired last month from his human resources job at the …

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By Karolos Grohmann PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) – Boxing was included on Thursday in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics programme after a unanimous vote from the International Olympic Committee, ending years of doubt over the sport’s Olympic future. The IOC last month granted provisional recognition to World Boxing in a major step towards the sport’s inclusion …

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By Kanishka Singh and Jack Queen WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has detained an Indian man studying at Washington’s Georgetown University and is seeking to deport him after deeming him a harm to U.S. foreign policy, the student’s lawyer said on Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused Badar Khan …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has suspended $175 million in funding to the University of Pennsylvania over its transgender sports policies, the White House said on Wednesday, its latest effort to force schools to fall in line with its policies. The Ivy League university, which made national headlines in 2022 when …

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By Erin Banco and Mari Saito NEW YORK/BERLIN (Reuters) – Several U.S. national security agencies have halted work on a coordinated effort to counter Russian sabotage, disinformation and cyberattacks, easing pressure on Moscow as the Trump Administration pushes Russia to end its war in Ukraine. Former President Joe Biden last year ordered his national security …

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By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -More than two dozen Democratic U.S. senators called on President Donald Trump on Wednesday to rescind his termination of the two Democratic members of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota sent the letter to the White House asking for the reinstatement of Democratic Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya …

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