By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -An anonymous woman who accused Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her in 2000 when she was 13 dismissed her civil lawsuit on Friday against the hip-hop moguls. A filing in federal court in Manhattan said the plaintiff, referred to as Jane Doe, voluntarily dismissed the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Personnel from Elon Musk’s government downsizing team called DOGE held what appeared to be their first meetings at the Pentagon on Friday, a U.S. official told Reuters, as senior military officers brace for billions in possible spending cuts. President Donald Trump had said the Pentagon would be an early target of Musk’s DOGE, …
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By Nichola Groom (Reuters) -The Trump administration has halted funding for federal programs to reduce wildfire risk in western U.S. states and has frozen hiring of seasonal firefighters as part of broad cuts to government spending, according to organizations impacted by the moves. The reduction in resources for wildfire prevention comes a month after devastating …
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By Andrea Shalal, Leah Douglas, Ahmed Aboulenein and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Almost half of the probationary workers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others at the National Institutes of Health are being forced out as President Donald Trump overhauls government agencies, sources familiar with the job cuts told Reuters on …
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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Transportation safety officials on Friday said they believe the crew of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into a passenger jet outside Washington, D.C., last month were wearing night vision goggles and possibly relying on inaccurate flight data moments before the fatal collision. Preliminary analysis of voice recordings and …
By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration has temporarily agreed not to fire any more staff at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to a court order issued on Friday, offering workers there an 11th-hour reprieve ahead of feared mass layoffs. The decision came after a week in which the Trump administration dismissed …
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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – The U.S. Forest Service is firing around 3,400 recent hires while the National Park Service is terminating about 1,000 under President Donald Trump’s push to cut federal spending, people familiar with the plans said on Friday. The moves, which target employees who are in their probationary period, affects stewards of sites …
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By Alexandra Ulmer, Gram Slattery and Nandita Bose (Reuters) -As tech billionaire Elon Musk expands his influence over more than a dozen U.S. federal agencies, frustration is growing among some top aides to President Donald Trump, who want more coordination from Musk’s team as he slashes the U.S. government, according to four people aware of …
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(Reuters) – The Wyoming Department of Health said on Friday it has identified its first human case of H5N1 bird flu in the region, making it the third confirmed instance of hospitalization related to the infection in the United States. “The woman is hospitalized in another state, has health conditions that can make people more …
By Tom Polansek (Reuters) – Two house cats in Oregon were euthanized after testing positive for bird flu linked to their consumption of pet food made from raw chicken, state agriculture officials said on Friday. The virus has infected millions of poultry since the nation’s worst-ever outbreak began in 2022, along with thousands of dairy …
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