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US judge denies injunction, restricting copies of Lilly weight-loss drug

(This Mar. 6 story has been corrected to clarify that the judge denied an injunction, not barred copies, in the headline) By Patrick Wingrove and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge has refused to allow compounding pharmacies to keep making copies of Eli Lilly’s popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs Zepbound and Mounjaro in …

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Trump tells cabinet secretaries they, not Musk, are in charge of staff cuts

By Nandita Bose and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump told his cabinet members on Thursday that they, not Elon Musk, have the final say on staffing and policy at their agencies, according to a source familiar with the matter. The billionaire Tesla CEO and his Department of Government Efficiency will play an …

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US reciprocal tariffs will impose one rate per country, White House adviser says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs planned for April 2 will impose one rate for each country that will reflect tariffs and non-tariff measures imposed on the U.S., White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told CNBC in an interview on Friday. “The concept here is one number-one number that reflects, in the aggregate, …

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United States quits board of UN climate damage fund, letter shows

By Kate Abnett and Virginia Furness BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States has withdrawn from the board of the U.N.’s hard-negotiated climate damage fund, dedicated to helping poor and vulnerable nations cope with climate change-fuelled disasters, a letter seen by Reuters showed. The withdrawal is one of many steps taken by President Donald Trump’s administration …

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Factbox-Where do the legal cases against Trump’s executive orders stand?

By Jack Queen (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s agenda has partially stalled in court as judges pause major policy rollouts around immigration, spending and social issues, but his administration has notched some important wins as it seeks to dramatically shrink the federal bureaucracy and cut foreign aid spending. Here is a look at where some of …

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Olympics-IOC confident of Trump support for LA 2028 Olympics, says Bach

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – United States President Donald Trump has been a long-time supporter and promoter of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics and the International Olympic Committee is confident of his continued support, outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach said on Friday. The Games were awarded to Los Angeles in 2017 when Trump was president. He …

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Democrat-led states join legal fight over Trump’s mass firings of federal workers

By Jack Queen (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general and 19 others filed a lawsuit Thursday night against the Trump administration’s mass firings of some federal workers, the first entry of states into the legal fight over the president’s efforts to slash the bureaucracy. The lawsuit in Maryland federal court – filed jointly with California, …

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Unvaccinated New Mexico adult tests positive for measles after death

By Julie Steenhuysen and Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -A New Mexico resident who has died, tested positive for measles, the state health department said on Thursday, marking the second measles-related death in the United States in more than a decade. The unvaccinated adult patient did not seek medical care before death, and was the first measles-related …

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US Justice Dept to ramp up staffing for immigration cases

By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department will focus on hiring prosecutors in offices near U.S. borders to enforce President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration, despite a federal hiring freeze, according to the new U.S. deputy attorney general. The directive is designed to boost staffing for cases …

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Judge signals he may dismiss NY Times from $400 million Baldoni-Lively defamation case

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A judge on Tuesday signaled he may dismiss the New York Times as a defendant in a $400 million defamation lawsuit where the actor Justin Baldoni alleged the newspaper colluded with the actress Blake Lively to smear him after she accused him of sexual harassment. U.S. District Judge …

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