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By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday refused to halt the firings of 21 CIA officers who were assigned to diversity, equality, inclusion and accessibility programs that President Donald Trump ordered eliminated, their attorney said. Kevin Carroll, who is representing the CIA officers, said that U.S. District Court Judge Anthony Trenga …

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By Gabriella Borter and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic leaders are hoping U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA analyst and a winner of tough elections, will help rehabilitate their public image when she gives their rebuttal to President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday night. Democrats are betting the 48-year-old Slotkin, a swing …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Norfolk Southern of causing hundreds of millions of dollars of losses for bondholders by concealing safety risks prior to the February 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio of a train carrying hazardous chemicals. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted on a resolution that would overturn the Biden administration’s proposed fee on methane emissions, one of the previous Environmental Protection Agency’s final measures to force big oil and gas producers to slash emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas. The Senate passed the resolution under Congressional Review …

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By Marisa Taylor and Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday asked President Donald Trump’s Air Force secretary nominee whether he unfairly favored Elon Musk in a classified, multibillion-dollar spy satellite contract. In a letter sent Thursday, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Duckworth, both Democrats, asked nominee …

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By Tim Reid, Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Agency for International Development workers were allowed to briefly reenter the headquarters in Washington on Thursday to collect their personal belongings and clear out their desks, a day after President Donald Trump’s administration said it was cutting more than 90% of the agency’s aid …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Democratic member of the Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday that the Republican-led agency is seeking to bully major U.S. broadcasters by reinstating a series of complaints. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said a Paramount-owned CBS “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris did not violate commission rules …

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By David Shepardson and Mrinmay Dey WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Billionaire presidential adviser Elon Musk on Thursday falsely accused Verizon, a rival contractor of his SpaceX Starlink system, of putting U.S. air safety at risk through a communications system that is actually operated by L3Harris. Musk admitted that he made a mistake when he said Verizon …

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By Jennifer Rigby, Nellie Peyton and Emma Farge LONDON/JOHANNESBURG/GENEVA (Reuters) -U.S.-funded projects worldwide, including those providing lifesaving care for millions of people in countries such as Sudan and South Africa, received termination notices on Thursday sending shockwaves across the global aid community. The latest cancellations come as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration nears completion of …

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By Brendan Pierson and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal judge’s order requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients. Roberts issued an interim order placing on hold Washington-based U.S. District Judge Amir Ali’s action that had imposed …

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