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By Ted Hesson, Ben Kellerman and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump plans to launch a mass deportation operation targeting millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and with temporary protections once he takes office on Jan. 20, a challenging initiative that could split apart families and affect U.S. businesses. There were roughly …

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By Kanishka Singh and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s support for Israel during its more than 14-month war in Gaza has spurred over a dozen U.S. administration officials to quit, with some accusing Washington of turning a blind eye to Israeli atrocities. The Biden administration denies this, pointing to its criticism of civilian …

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By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) -A Georgia appeals court ruled on Thursday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must be disqualified from prosecuting President-elect Donald Trump and several of his allies for attempting to interfere in the 2020 election in the U.S. state. The ruling throws into doubt the future of the case, which includes …

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(Reuters) -More than a third of employees surveyed at the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation reported experiencing or witnessing workplace harassment, the agency’s watchdog reported on Thursday. The findings by the FDIC’s Office of Inspector General follow more than a year of turmoil at the top banking regulator that saw its chairman Martin Gruenberg offer …

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By Tom Hals (Reuters) – Donald Trump has said he plans to end birthright citizenship as part of his promised crackdown on immigration when he becomes president on Jan. 20. Below is a look at U.S. birthright citizenship and Trump’s legal authority to restrict it. WHAT IS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP? Anyone born in the United States …

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(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Mesoblast’s cell therapy for treating a type of complication that occurs after a stem cell or bone marrow transplant called graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). The therapy, branded as Ryoncil, is the first mesenchymal stromal cell therapy approved to treat pediatric patients aged two months and …

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(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday classified a recall of Boston Scientific’s catheters used in a type of minimally invasive surgery as “most serious”. The recall involves updating instructions for use rather than removing the device, POLARx Cryoablation Balloon Catheters, from where they are used or sold, the FDA said. The …

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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice announced a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing pharmacy chain CVS of filling illegal opioid prescriptions and billing federal health insurance programs, contributing to a nationwide epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose. The newly unsealed complaint in Providence, Rhode Island federal court alleges that, from October 2013 to …

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