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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden released a long-awaited study on the economic and environmental impacts of liquefied natural gas exports on Tuesday, saying the results underscored the need for a cautious approach to new permits. Biden in January had paused the Department of Energy’s approvals of U.S. LNG …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers alleged his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star was tainted by juror misconduct, but details were scant because much of their court filing was redacted from public view. In a filing dated Dec. 3 and made public on …

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(Reuters) -Uber Technologies and its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi each donated $1 million to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday. The ride-hailing firm joins a list of several large businesses that have sought to build a positive relationship with the incoming Trump administration after he won the election in …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Many of the reported drone sightings that have gripped the U.S. appear to be of commercial, hobby and law enforcement drones as well as aircraft or stars, U.S. officials said on Tuesday as they moved to bolster areas with more detection capabilities. Fewer than 100 of the more than 5,000 reported sightings …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump plans to issue a flurry of executive orders and directives on his first day in office on Jan. 20, to put his stamp on his new presidency on everything from immigration to energy. Sources have told Reuters that on Day One he plans to release at least 25 …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has asked Donald Trump’s transition team to hold Elon Musk to the same ethics standards as other transition members, putting oversight of the unusually powerful presidential adviser in the spotlight.     The billionaire CEO of Tesla and rocket company SpaceX, as well as the owner of social media platform X, …

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By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – U.S. Department of Justice antitrust head Jonathan Kanter said on Tuesday that he will step down on Friday, capping off a three-year tenure in which he aimed to reinvigorate competition law in the U.S.. Kanter and his counterpart at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan, have sought to revive …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Mayor Eric Adams lost a bid to narrow his five-count federal corruption indictment as a judge declined on Tuesday to dismiss a bribery charge related to luxury travel benefits provided by a Turkish official, with the trial set for April. U.S. District Judge Dale Ho denied …

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