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LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. regulators are proposing to cap the amount of nicotine in cigarettes at non-addictive levels, in a potential world-first that could curb smoking and hit tobacco industry earnings. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates products containing nicotine, a highly addictive drug, first raised the idea of such a cap in …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden designated two California sites — a swathe of desert significant to native tribes and a dormant volcano — as national monuments on Tuesday, advancing his record of conserving more U.S. areas than any predecessor. He had intended to announce the move in California last week, but raging wildfires …

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By Lisa Baertlein and David Shepardson (Reuters) – California said on Tuesday it has withdrawn its request for a federal waiver to require commercial truckers to transition to zero-emissions vehicles, preempting an expected denial from the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump. The withdrawal was among several pollution-fighting waiver requests filed with the Environmental Protection …

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By Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Tech CEOs Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, according to a source familiar with planning for the event. The chief executives of Tesla, Amazon and Meta will be featured prominently at Trump’s swearing in, sitting with the Republican’s Cabinet nominees …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. federal prosecutors will not bring charges in the fatal 2019 arrest of unarmed Black motorist Ronald Greene, Greene’s family said on Tuesday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Greene, 49, died in May 2019 on a roadside in rural northern Louisiana after a violent confrontation with officers that followed a high-speed …

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By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, endured fierce Democratic grilling over everything from his inexperience, alleged drinking and his past opposition to women in combat to emerge largely unscathed among Republicans at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Hegseth, a former …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers on the U.S. Senate Energy Committee called Tuesday on the panel’s Republican chairman to postpone the confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Energy, citing a paperwork delay. The hearing for Chris Wright is scheduled for Wednesday. Wright plans to step down as CEO and …

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