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Trump revokes security clearances for Biden’s top diplomat, security official

By Jeff Mason and Timothy Gardner WEST PALM BEACH, Florida/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has revoked security clearances for Antony Blinken, the former secretary of state, and Jake Sullivan, the former national security adviser, White House officials said on Saturday. The move came a day after Trump said he had revoked the security clearance for …

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Super Bowl parade a reminder ‘New Orleans is still in business’

By Amy Tennery and Nathan Frandino NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Mardi Gras floats with bead-tossing revelers cruised through New Orleans on Saturday as the city celebrated its record-tying 11th Super Bowl hosting gig with a stout security presence after a New Year’s Day attack. Reminders of the attack were omnipresent around the “Big Easy” this …

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Protesters denounce Trump immigration policies outside his Florida golf club

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – A handful of demonstrators gathered outside Trump International Golf Club on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies while the commander-in-chief spent leisure time at the club. Carrying signs and Mexican, Guatemalan and U.S. flags and chanting “Immigrants Make America Great,” the small group of people shouted loudly …

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Coast Guard finds wreckage of missing Alaska plane; all 10 on board killed

By Rich McKay and Brad Brooks (Reuters) -The U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska found the wreckage of a small plane atop frozen sea ice on Friday, after the aircraft suddenly lost altitude on Thursday and the crash killed all 10 people on board, officials said. Two U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmers who reached the wreckage …

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Trump, headed to Super Bowl LIX, has long and tangled relationship with football

By Joseph Ax NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Sunday will become the first sitting U.S. president to attend a Super Bowl – but the former reality television star has a long and complicated history with the sport of football. During his first term as president, Trump feuded with the National Football League after …

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US farmers turn to Airbnb, corn mazes to outlast agricultural downturn

By Heather Schlitz BLANCHARDVILLE, Wisconsin (Reuters) – A dead-end dirt road cutting through rural Wisconsin leads to a pasture dotted with shaggy-coated Highland cattle, fluffy Icelandic sheep and a vintage Airstream trailer that farmer Brit Thompson turned into an Airbnb to capitalize on an explosion of urbanites looking to spend time in the countryside.   Her …

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TB, malaria, newborn health services must restart, says USAID memo

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – American-funded aid efforts to tackle diseases such as malaria, as well as preventing newborn baby deaths and treating severe malnutrition, should resume, according to a memo from the United States government reviewed by Reuters. President Trump moved to freeze international aid while undertaking a 90-day review hours after taking …

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USDA freezes farmer funding for some programs, conservation contracts

By P.J. Huffstutter and Leah Douglas CHICAGO/WASHINGTON DC (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture has frozen some funding for farmers as it goes through a sweeping review, despite assurances from the Trump administration that programs helping farmers would not be affected in the government overhaul. The impact has been immediate and wide-ranging, from cash assistance …

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USAID families have their lives upended by Trump move to shut agency

By Jonathan Landay and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s abrupt move to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has upended the lives of thousands of American employees and family members posted overseas, leaving them facing costly and difficult decisions, agency personnel said on Friday. A U.S. judge on Friday said …

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