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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday formally gave West Virginia authority to oversee carbon capture projects in the state, the fourth state granted such ability. The agency signed a final rule granting primary enforcement authority, known as primacy, to West Virginia to permit so-called Class VI wells in …

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By Poppy McPherson, Steve Stecklow and Giulia Paravicini BANGKOK/NAIROBI (Reuters) – Aid groups across the world have closed operations, laid off staff and halted life-saving work, including with malnourished children, because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign assistance, according to a survey of 246 humanitarian organisations. The U.S. is by far the biggest …

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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s approval rating has ticked slightly lower in recent days as more Americans worried about the direction of the U.S. economy as the new leader threatens a host of countries with tariffs, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The six-day poll, which closed on Tuesday, showed 44% of …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department’s senior ethics official resigned on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump’s administration pulled him off his duties and assigned him to a new sanctuary cities working group, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. The official, Bradley Weinsheimer, decided to accept the government’s deferred …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate advisers from his first term to top Justice Department posts, including John Eisenberg to lead the national security division and Brett Shumate for the civil division, the department said on Wednesday. Shumate is already acting head of the civil division and managing the department’s defense …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday that Democratic former President Joe Biden’s administration lacked authority to pursue a student debt relief program designed to lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers and speed up loan forgiveness for some. The St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with …

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WASHINGTON/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s Trump Media & Technology Group and video-sharing platform Rumble sued a Brazilian Supreme Court justice over accusations of illegal censorship on Wednesday. The case comes as the judge, Alexandre de Moraes, weighs charges brought on Tuesday alleging former President Jair Bolsonaro led a plot to overthrow Brazil’s …

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