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By Valerie Volcovici and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s mass layoffs of federal workers have slowed the government’s ability to permit some new energy projects in a potential setback to President Donald Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda, according to state officials, lawmakers and agency representatives interviewed by Reuters. The situation reflects one …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A sister of conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was the target of a bomb threat at her home in Charleston, South Carolina, earlier this month, local police said on Wednesday. Charleston police responded on Monday morning to an emailed bomb threat concerning Amanda Coney Williams, a lawyer whose …

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By Sarah N. Lynch and Ryan Patrick Jones WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Department of Justice dropped a civil rights lawsuit filed last year against the national nonprofit Southwest Key Programs alleging its employees had sexually abused unaccompanied minors who were housed in its shelters after entering the country illegally, according to a court filing on Wednesday. …

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By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Two days before U.S. agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student and Palestinian activist asked his wife if she knew what to do if immigration agents came to their door. Noor Abdalla, Khalil’s wife of more than two years, said she was confused. As a legal permanent resident …

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By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge blocked provisions of President Donald Trump’s order targeting attorneys at Perkins Coie on Wednesday, saying the legal profession was “watching in horror” at what the law firm was experiencing. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell said Perkins Coie was likely to ultimately prevail in court with its challenge …

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By Daniel Wiessner and Jack Queen (Reuters) -A federal judge said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump lacked the power to remove a Democratic member from the Federal Labor Relations Authority and ordered that Susan Tsui Grundmann be reinstated. The decision by U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan in Washington, D.C., is a setback to Trump’s …

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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration announced a wave of regulatory rollbacks on Wednesday including a repeal of Biden-era emissions limits on power plants and automobiles, as well as reduced protections for waterways. The announcements from Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency align with the president’s vows to slash regulations to boost industries from coal …

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