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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -Democratic-led states and civil rights groups filed a slew of lawsuits challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to roll back birthright citizenship on Tuesday in an early bid by his opponents to block his agenda in court. After his inauguration on Monday, Trump, a Republican, ordered U.S. agencies to refuse …

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WASHINGTON – The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was reinstating the “remain in Mexico” program, resuming an initiative that forced non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for the resolution of their U.S. cases. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that it would restart the program immediately, years after it …

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By Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has fired U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Lee Fagan, the first female uniformed leader of an armed forces branch, the Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday. Former President Joe Biden nominated Fagan to lead the Coast Guard, which is …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed federal health agencies to pause all external communications, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites and social media posts, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing a dozen current and former officials and sources. The instructions were delivered on Tuesday to …

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By Jason Lange and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some 47% of Americans approved of Donald Trump’s presidency as he returned to the White House this week, a sign of a polarized nation following the Republican’s victory in November, a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Tuesday found. The survey, conducted on Monday and Tuesday following …

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(Editor’s note: This story contains offensive language) (Reuters) – A day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, America’s far-right celebrated. Some called for the death of judges who oversaw the trials. Others partied and …

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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump stripped Secret Service protection on Tuesday from his former national security adviser, John Bolton, who became the target of an alleged Iranian murder plot after he served in the White House. A spokesperson for Bolton said the Secret Service called Bolton on Monday night and …

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