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By Tim McLaughlin (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration intends to overturn pollution rules aimed at reducing soot and greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. coal-fired power plants in a move intended to help keep some of the nation’s dirtiest plants operational. The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it planned to revisit soot standards and greenhouse …

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By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – A year after Elon Musk urged U.S. companies to abandon Delaware as their legal home and follow Tesla to Texas, legislators in the two states on Wednesday considered bills in an unusual battle over corporate law that critics say benefits powerful shareholders. Until recently, Delaware was the undisputed …

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By Timothy Gardner HOUSTON (Reuters) -U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told a packed room of energy executives on Wednesday that he wants their industries to ramp up drilling and mining on America’s public lands, telling the crowd: “We love you!”. Burgum’s comments to the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston underscored the agenda of President Donald …

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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Wednesday that it will narrow the definition of waters that can be federally regulated to comply with a 2023 Supreme Court decision, a move cheered by Republican lawmakers in agricultural states. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the agency will work to craft a …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. immigration detention is filled to capacity at 47,600 detainees, a senior U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said on a call with reporters on Wednesday, adding that the Trump administration was seeking more bed space. The official, who requested anonymity as a condition of the call, said ICE was expanding its bed …

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By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration is considering cutting most of the lawyers in the U.S. Justice Department unit that handles public corruption cases, four people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The people said that Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Galeotti told several Public Integrity Section …

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By Pete Schroeder (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will nominate Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman as vice chair for supervision as early as Wednesday, a White House official said. A former community banker and frequent critic of over-zealous bank regulation, Bowman would replace Michael Barr, a Democratic Biden appointee who stepped down from the …

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