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By Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Utah judge has thrown out a new U.S. congressional map passed by the Republican-led legislature in favor of an alternative that appears likely to result in flipping one of the state’s four U.S. House seats to Democrats in next year’s midterms. In a decision late on Monday night, District …

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By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Environmental groups sued Alaska’s wildlife authorities on Monday seeking to halt a predator control plan that lets game wardens hunt down unlimited numbers of bears from helicopters over a vast area roamed by a protected caribou herd. The groups accuse the Board of Game of reinstating the program without adequately accounting …

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By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States faced an economic and national security disaster if the Supreme Court ruled against his use of an emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs against nearly every country. Trump said his administration planned to issue a $2,000 …

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By Christy Santhosh and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it would remove the strictest “black box” warnings from hormone therapies used to treat menopause symptoms, a move that may boost access to treatments long shunned by patients and doctors over safety fears. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said …

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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear Mississippi’s defense of a state law challenged by Republicans that allows a five-day grace period for mail-in ballots received after Election Day to be counted, a case that could lead to stricter voting rules around the country. The justices took up Mississippi’s …

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(Corrects Trump’s opponent to Kamala Harris, not Joe Biden, in paragraph 3) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has pardoned Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and dozens of other allies accused of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, a U.S. Justice Department official said on Monday, in a largely symbolic move that does not apply to …

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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared inclined on Monday to reject a Rastafarian man’s bid to sue state prison officials in Louisiana after guards shaved him bald in violation of his religious beliefs in a case brought under a federal law protecting incarcerated people from religious discrimination. The justices heard …

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