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By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Columbia University student detained over his pro-Palestinian activism is not a flight risk and should be allowed to return home for the birth of his first child, his lawyers argued in a motion for bail on Saturday.  Mahmoud Khalil – a 30-year-old permanent U.S. resident of Palestinian …

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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban, according to sources familiar with the matter and an internal memo seen by Reuters. The memo lists a total of 41 countries divided into three separate groups. The …

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(Reuters) -There are “no guarantees” there will not be a recession in the United States, although there could be an adjustment, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview that aired on Sunday. But Bessent, speaking to NBC’s “Meet the Press,” ruled out the chance of a financial crisis. U.S. stock markets closed down sharply …

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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A SpaceX capsule delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station early on Sunday in a NASA crew-swap mission that will allow a pair of stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, to return home after nine months on the orbiting lab. About 29 hours since launching at 7:03 …

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By Nathan Layne and James Oliphant (Reuters) – -More than 1,300 Voice of America employees were placed on leave on Saturday and funding for two U.S. news services that broadcast to authoritarian regimes was terminated, one day after President Donald Trump ordered the gutting of the government-funded media outlet’s parent and six other federal agencies. …

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By Nathan Layne and Humeyra Pamuk (Reuters) -The Trump administration has withdrawn the nomination of Adam Boehler to serve as special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, the White House said on Saturday. Boehler, who has been working to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, will continue hostage-related work as a so-called …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Friday vowed to seek accountability for prosecutors and officials who pursued legal cases against him during his years out of power, speaking at the U.S. Justice Department whose prosecutors had brought some of those cases. In a rare campaign-style speech at the department’s Washington headquarters, Trump …

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(This March 13 story has been refiled to add a dropped word in paragraph 8) (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s chief counsel, Hilary Perkins, has resigned, the federal agency said in a post on social media platform X on Thursday, just two days after her appointment was announced. In a post on …

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By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats plan a series of town hall meetings in highly competitive U.S. House of Representatives districts currently held by Republicans, aiming to tap into anger over President Donald Trump’s campaign to aggressively slash the federal government. The move is an attempt to harness momentum from the eruptions at town halls …

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