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By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump on Monday revoked the Biden administration’s last-minute decision to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, the White House said. Just hours after his inauguration to a second term, Trump signed a so-called “rescission” of then-President Joe Biden’s Jan. 14 move …

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By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday repealing former President Joe Biden’s efforts to block oil drilling in the Arctic and along large areas off the U.S. coasts, according to the White House. Biden this month banned new offshore oil and gas development along most U.S. coastlines ahead …

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By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active-duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump’s order suspending U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement advocate said on Monday. The group includes …

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By Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) – As President Donald Trump entered the U.S. Capitol Rotunda to be sworn into office on Monday, he moved to kiss the cheek of his wife Melania but was blocked by a wide-brimmed hat that the First Lady wore throughout the entirety of Inauguration Day. The moment – and the hat …

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By David Shepardson (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Monday asked President Donald Trump to reexamine the federal government’s approval of New York City’s first-in-the-nation congestion pricing program that began on Jan. 5. Murphy, a Democrat, said the program is a “disaster for New Jersey commuters and must receive the close look it …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed Republican Senator Marco Rubio, a China hawk and staunch backer of Israel, as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state. The Senate backed Rubio by a vote of 99-0, days after the long-term member of the Senate foreign relations and intelligence committees sailed through …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump took his oath of office on Monday with his right hand raised, but without placing his left hand on the two Bibles that his wife Melania held as she stood by his side. The apparent oversight has no practical impact, academics say, but it roused curiosity online. Despite the …

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By Lizbeth Diaz, Laura Gottesdiener and Alexandra Ulmer TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – Nidia Montenegro fled violence and poverty at home in Venezuela, survived a kidnapping as she traveled north into Mexico, and made it to the border city of Tijuana on Sunday for a U.S. asylum appointment that would finally reunite her with her son …

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