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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday let stand an order blocking President Donald Trump from curtailing automatic birthright citizenship nationwide as part of the Republican’s hardline crackdown on immigration and illegal border crossings. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s request for an emergency …

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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – (This Feb. 19 story has been corrected to say that the retirement announcements at a NASA center were made on prior dates, and that the officials’ acting replacements were announced internally on Tuesday, in paragraphs 3 and 4) NASA is losing four key senior officials close to its flagship …

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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – Marlean Ames received numerous promotions and good evaluations over the years working in Ohio’s youth corrections system, so when she was denied a promotion and demoted in 2019 with a $40,000 pay cut she said she felt “shocked and hurt and humiliated.”  But, according to Ames, that was not all. …

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By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it has ordered a pause on all of its media subscriptions as part of government-wide efforts by the Trump administration to cut spending it deems as unnecessary. President Donald Trump has put tech billionaire Elon Musk in charge of a government downsizing …

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By Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed a new slew of executive orders on Wednesday, including one aimed at preventing taxpayer dollars from supporting illegal immigration and one designed to get rid of regulations the administration considers “overreach.” The immigration order bars the use of federal money for …

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By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will meet on Thursday with chief executives from major drugmakers, a White House official confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday, as the industry tries to win government support for drug pricing and insurance changes. The meeting is expected to cover topics including Medicare drug price negotiations, the …

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