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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than two dozen flights headed to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport were impacted on Friday by recent rules barring flights during presidential helicopter trips, flight tracking site Flightradar24 said. After a January 29 collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet killed 67 people, the Federal …

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(Reuters) – U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday said he recognizes the serious impact of the current measles outbreak in Texas, in which a child died this week, and said the government is providing resources, including vaccines. “Ending the measles outbreak is a top priority for me and my extraordinary team,” Kennedy …

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By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it would delay an action by one year to expand sales of higher ethanol blends of gasoline in South Dakota and Ohio, two of eight Midwestern states that requested the agency approve increased sales of the product. The EPA’s statement …

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By Ahmed Aboulenein, Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking to eliminate public participation in many of his department’s policy decisions, a move that appears to contradict his pledge to Congress of “radical transparency.”   In a document posted on Friday …

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By Valerie Volcovici, Rich McKay and Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists and researchers are warning that the Trump administration’s firing of hundreds of workers at NOAA, the agency that provides the U.S. government’s weather forecasts, will put American lives at risk and stifle crucial climate research. The layoffs at the agency, the National Oceanic and …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the House of Representatives demanded answers on Friday from U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the exact number of employees fired from the health agencies he oversees and warned the dismissals could undermine public health. Hundreds of workers at the Centers for Disease Control and …

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By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two Democrats in Congress said on Friday that Republicans have raised the risk of a government shutdown by insisting on including cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration in legislation to keep the government operating past a mid-March deadline. Senator Patty Murray of Washington and Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the …

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