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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration plans to announce it is reducing flight arrivals at Washington Reagan National Airport to address safety concerns, after a deadly collision between a helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet killed 67 people, according to an email seen by Reuters. The FAA told airlines late Wednesday …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s top prosecutor in Washington is facing a complaint alleging he violated professional conduct rules when he asked a judge to dismiss criminal charges against his own client over his role in the U.S. Capitol riot. Activist legal group the 65 Project filed a bar complaint …

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By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – The U.S. AI Safety Institute’s inaugural director, Elizabeth Kelly, is departing her role on Wednesday, she said in a LinkedIn post, a move that leaves open the nascent government body’s direction under President Donald Trump. Named to the position a year ago, Kelly oversaw the institute’s initial work to measure …

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By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Panama President Jose Raul Mulino said on Thursday the U.S. was spreading “lies and falsehoods” after the State Department claimed U.S. government vessels would be able to pass through the Panama Canal without paying. The comments were likely to exacerbate tensions between the two countries after the U.S. had …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday pushed back to Monday a deadline for U.S. government employees to opt into the Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” program offering workers nearly eight months of pay and benefits to leave their jobs. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole in Boston, at the urging of unions representing more than …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York was sued on Thursday by 22 other U.S. states over a new law requiring fossil fuel companies to contribute $75 billion over 25 years into a fund that will pay for damage caused by climate change. Led by West Virginia and all with Republican attorneys general, …

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By Jack Queen (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department has agreed not to give Elon Musk’s government efficiency agency access to its payment systems while a judge hears arguments in a lawsuit alleging the billionaire adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump illegally searched them. The deal struck on Wednesday night by Treasury and a group …

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