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By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) -The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was defanged over the weekend with all activities suspended, its upcoming funding facing a cut and its headquarters temporarily closed, removing a layer of oversight over consumer-facing financial companies. The agency, a lightning rod for conservatives and the industry since its 2010 creation by Congress, …

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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Roman Catholic Church’s worldwide charity arm sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s cuts to U.S. foreign aid on Monday, saying his plans to end funding for relief agency USAID will have a “catastrophic” impact in the developing world. “The ruthless and chaotic way this callous decision is being …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats grappling with President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions targeting federal agencies on Monday launched an online portal for whistleblowers. They wrote a public letter to civil service employees and other public servants informing them of the portal for reporting wrongdoing, abuses of power and threats to public safety. The portal …

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By Robin Respaut, Amina Niasse and Deena Beasley (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s executive orders have begun to disrupt patient care in the United States, as some providers cannot access essential federal funding, according to interviews with a dozen healthcare providers and policy advocates. Facilities in Virginia and West Virginia told Reuters they were forced …

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(Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday declined to block Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting department from accessing the U.S. Department of Labor’s systems, an initial setback for the government employee unions resisting his efforts to shrink the federal bureaucracy. The temporary ruling by U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington, D.C., is the first step in …

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By Rory Carroll and Amy Tennery NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) -The Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Chiefs 40-22 in Sunday’s Super Bowl in New Orleans to deny Kansas City in their bid for a third consecutive title and exact brutal revenge for their loss to the team in the NFL title game two years ago. The Eagles …

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By Jeff Mason NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Greeted with a mix of cheers and boos, U.S. President Donald Trump attended the Super Bowl on Sunday, the first sitting president to do so in person, despite a complicated relationship with the National Football League and a controversial history of mixing politics and sports. Trump watched the …

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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) -The Philadelphia Eagles obliterated the Kansas City Chiefs’ bid to become the first NFL team to win three consecutive Super Bowls with a blowout 40-22 win in New Orleans on Sunday. The Eagles defense was simply immense, smothering the Chief’s creative maestro Patrick Mahomes, and on offense their own quarterback Jalen Hurts …

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