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White House says Epstein emails released to smear Trump

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House accused Democrats in the House of Representatives of releasing emails from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday to smear President Donald Trump. “The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. (Reporting by …

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Jack Schlossberg, grandson of JFK, to run for US Congress

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Jack Schlossberg, grandson of the 35th U.S. president, John F. Kennedy, plans to run for Congress next year, continuing the legacy of one of America’s most storied political families. Schlossberg said on Tuesday night he was joining the Democratic Party primary race for the Manhattan seat in the U.S. House of Representatives …

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US Supreme Court extends pause on order requiring Trump to fully fund food aid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a pause on a judge’s order that required President Donald Trump’s administration to fully fund food aid for 42 million low-income Americans this month amid the federal government shutdown, even as lawmakers took steps toward ending the stalemate. The court’s action allows the administration for …

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FDA appoints veteran oncology chief Pazdur to lead drug center

By Padmanabhan Ananthan and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it appointed the agency’s veteran oncology chief Richard Pazdur to oversee the department that reviews of new medicines, installing one of its few remaining experienced regulators during sweeping leadership changes under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Pazdur, …

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US Supreme Court allows Trump administration to continue SNAP cutback

(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a pause on a judge’s order that required President Donald Trump’s administration to fully fund food aid for 42 million low-income Americans this month amid the federal government shutdown, even as lawmakers took steps toward ending the stalemate. The court’s action allows the administration for now to …

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US House Speaker Johnson to swear in Democratic Representative-elect Grijalva on Wednesday

(Reuters) -U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson will swear in Democratic Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva on Wednesday, Johnson’s office said on Tuesday. Grijalva won a special election in September to succeed her late father in Congress, but her swearing-in was delayed as Johnson kept the House of Representatives out of session since it passed a stopgap funding …

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California’s Newsom criticizes “chilling” U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying vessels

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -California Governor Gavin Newsom said it was chilling to see the U.S. military blowing up suspected drug vessels in the Caribbean and off the Pacific coasts of Latin America with no transparency. “What happened to due process? What happened to the rule of law?” Newsom said when asked about the strikes at …

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Deal to end US shutdown would also allow some Republican senators to seek $500,000 for January 6 probe

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Legislation moving through Congress that would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history would also allow eight Republican senators to seek hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages for alleged privacy violations stemming from the Biden administration’s investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The bill, which passed …

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Trump appointee to UN labour agency ‘frozen’ over funding and influence concerns

By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The appointment of a Trump nominee as the deputy head of the International Labour Organisation has been “frozen” following concerns from staff and member states it would give Washington too much sway over the body, multiple sources told Reuters. By unwritten rules, the deputy director general …

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Trump border commander could head to Charlotte, New Orleans, sources say

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s top immigration enforcer in Chicago could leave as soon as this week and travel next to Charlotte, North Carolina, one current U.S. official and two former officials said. Gregory Bovino, a U.S. Border Patrol official who has led Trump’s aggressive crackdown in Chicago since September, has …

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