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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Organizations and companies that contract with USAID, including the American Bar Association and international development firm Chemonics, on Tuesday sued President Donald Trump’s administration over what they called its unlawful moves to dismantle the U.S. foreign aid agency. In the lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, the plaintiffs said …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge clarified on Tuesday that an order restricting billionaire Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting effort from accessing the Treasury Department’s payment systems does not apply to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer on Saturday temporarily blocked Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s access to the …

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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday ordered U.S. health agencies to restore websites that they abruptly took offline in response to an executive order by President Donald Trump telling them to scrub websites of “gender ideology extremism.” The temporary restraining order by U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington, D.C. came …

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By Sarah N. Lynch, Luc Cohen and Jack Queen WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Justice Department on Monday directed federal prosecutors in New York to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams, asserting that the case was impeding his ability to aid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration. In a memo seen by …

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By Nate Raymond and David Shepardson BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a challenge by a group representing automakers to a Massachusetts voter-approved measure that expanded access to vehicle data and allowed independent shops to repair increasingly sophisticated automotive technology. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Denise Casper in Boston marked a defeat …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two Democratic senators on Tuesday said they had asked the White House for key details about the Trump administration’s financial incentive offer to about 2 million federal workers to quit their jobs. Senator Gary Peters, top Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and Richard Blumenthal, lead Democrat …

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By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of Democratic U.S. lawmakers will introduce a bill on Tuesday aimed at stopping the Trump administration from using government funds to eliminate the U.S. Agency for International Development, the sponsor of the bill told Reuters, in the latest push to halt the president’s moves to close the …

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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military will no longer allow transgender individuals to join the military and will stop performing or facilitating procedures associated with gender transition for service members, according to a memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth filed in court on Monday. President Donald Trump signed an …

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