(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Thursday that a meeting of its independent advisory panel to discuss the composition of this year’s flu vaccine has been canceled and the regulator would instead make recommendations later. The statement confirms a report by Reuters that the Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee meeting, …
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By Julie Steenhuysen and Chad Terhune (Reuters) – A growing measles outbreak in Texas, where one unvaccinated child died and nearly 20 others have been hospitalized with serious complications, marks the first major test for U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a longtime vaccine skeptic. Kennedy’s immediate response to news of the measles death, …
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By Dan Levine and Daniel Wiessner SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -A California federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ordering the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies to carry out the mass firings of thousands of recently hired employees. U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco said during a hearing …
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By Andrew Hay and Bill Trott SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) -Gene Hackman, the intense character actor who won two Oscars in a more than 60-year career, died of unknown causes at home, along with his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, as well as one of their dogs, the sheriff’s office in Santa Fe, New Mexico, …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iowa’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a bill on Thursday that would remove protections for the transgender community even as dozens of protesters opposed the legislation. The bill aims to strip Iowa’s civil rights code of protections based on gender identity. If Iowa’s Republican Governor Kim Reynolds signs the bill into …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Five former U.S. defense secretaries on Thursday condemned President Donald Trump’s “reckless” firing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other senior officers and called on Congress to halt any confirmation of their successors. In a scathing letter, they also accused Trump of …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Education Department said on Thursday it launched a portal called “End DEI” where the public can complain about diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in publicly-funded K-12 schools. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The administration of Republican President Donald Trump has attempted to dismantle DEI initiatives since taking office on …
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By Alexandra Alper and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government’s human resources agency has told at least two dozen employees they have just nine days to decide whether to relocate to Washington, a move labor unions and governance experts say is another ploy by the Trump administration to force federal workers to quit. …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -FBI Director Kash Patel is considering bringing in trainers from the Ultimate Fighting Championship to beef up agents’ martial arts and self-defense skills, according to four people familiar with the plan laid out on a call this week with FBI field offices. The newly appointed director discussed the idea …
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Trump administration officials must face questioning under oath about the workings of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency in a lawsuit by government employee unions seeking to block the secretive cost-cutting department from accessing federal agency systems, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington …
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