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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. Senate subcommittee will hold a hearing next Wednesday on the impact of the government shutdown on aviation safety after thousands of domestic flights and millions of passengers were impacted by disruptions. The November 19 hearing to be held by the Senate Commerce aviation subcommittee will include testimony from …

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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Labor Department’s statistical agency should prioritize the production of November employment and inflation reports when the government reopens to ensure Federal Reserve officials have up-to-date information at their December policy meeting, economists said. The House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on Wednesday on a stopgap funding package …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Wednesday declined to provide specific details of medical images that doctors took of President Donald Trump’s body during a physical a month ago, but said the exam showed he was in exceptional health. Trump, 79, had previously disclosed that he underwent a magnetic resonance imaging exam while at Walter …

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By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. federal consumer finance watchdog on Wednesday proposed narrowing key civil-rights-era anti-discrimination requirements for the financial industry, advancing Republican President Donald Trump’s effort to curtail long-standing policies he views as a burden on businesses, but that advocates say are fundamental to protecting the rights of American consumers. In an …

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By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic-led states are inadvertently making their drivers’ data available to U.S. immigration authorities through a little-understood digital loophole, a group of lawmakers said Wednesday. In letters released Wednesday, Democratic Senator Ron Wyden and 39 other Democratic lawmakers urged like-minded governors to ensure that their residents’ data wasn’t being vacuumed up …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee is scheduled to meet on December 4 and 5, and could vote on policy concerning shots for hepatitis B, a Federal Register notice from the agency showed on Wednesday. The members of the panel, selected by health secretary and vaccine skeptic Robert F. …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress is poised to approve a deal that would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which began when lawmakers allowed funding to expire on October 1.  Here is a summary of the package: TEMPORARILY RESTORES GOVERNMENT FUNDING The bill would restore funding for government agencies at existing levels through …

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