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By David Morgan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a stopgap bill to keep federal agencies funded past Friday, averting a partial shutdown beginning this weekend even as President Donald Trump dramatically cuts the government. The bill passed in a nearly party-line 217-213 vote, with one Republican …

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By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the agency overseeing Medicare should divest financial ties to healthcare and pharmaceutical companies that could benefit from his policy decisions, Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Wednesday. Television personality and surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz is scheduled to appear on Friday before the Senate …

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By Timothy Gardner, Tim Reid, Alexandra Alper and Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Education said on Tuesday it would lay off nearly half its staff, a possible precursor to closing altogether, as government agencies scrambled to meet President Donald Trump’s deadline to submit plans for a second round of mass layoffs. The …

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By Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -Texas and New Mexico on Tuesday reported an increase of 28 cases of measles in the last five days, bringing the total known infections to 256 in the two states since an outbreak began in late January. The outbreak, which started in West Texas, caused the first U.S. measles deaths in …

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By Jeff Mason, Nupur Anand and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump defended his use of tariffs and said they could multiply as he met on Tuesday with the CEOs of America’s biggest companies, many of whom have watched their market value crater over recession and inflation fears. The Republican president spoke to …

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By Jeff Mason, Andrea Shalal and David Ljunggren WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) – President Donald Trump reversed course on Tuesday afternoon on a pledge to double tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada to 50%, just hours after announcing the higher tariffs, in rapid-fire moves that scrambled financial markets. The switch came after a Canadian official also …

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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -An official at the U.S. Agency for International Development has ordered employees to shred a large volume of records, according to a court filing on Tuesday by government employee unions asking a judge to block the move. In a motion filed in Washington, D.C., federal court, the unions cited an email …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two senators asked the U.S. Army to explain why it routinely failed to use a key safety system during helicopter training flights after a deadly collision in January between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet killed 67 people. Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz and …

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