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By Brendan O’Brien and Rich McKay (Reuters) -Some 3,700 evacuees from the Malibu wildfire returned home on Thursday as firefighters made progress in battling the blaze that has destroyed at least six homes in the beach community that is a popular retreat for Hollywood celebrities. The so-called Franklin Fire has charred 4,037 acres (1,664 hectares) …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal Aviation Administration chief Mike Whitaker, who has overseen the agency’s response to significant safety issues at Boeing since a mid-air emergency in January, will step down when President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, a close adviser to Trump, in September called for Whitaker’s resignation …

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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump will use the U.S. military to the fullest extent of the law to support his mass deportation effort, he told TIME magazine in an interview published on Thursday, committing to his plan to utilize troops to try to remove record numbers of immigrants in the U.S. illegally. …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday to add 66 new judges to understaffed federal courts nationally, a bill that outgoing Democratic President Joe Biden has threatened to veto. Lawmakers only took up the measure after Republican President-elect Donald Trump won the November election. The Republican-led House voted …

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(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in an interview published on Thursday said he will be talking to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, about ending childhood vaccination programs. When asked if he would sign off if Kennedy decided to end childhood vaccinations programs, Trump told …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. Justice Department watchdog report released on Thursday debunked claims by far-right conspiracy theorists who falsely alleged that FBI operatives were secretly involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump’s supporters. The report by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz concluded there …

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By Joseph Ax, Rich McKay and Brad Brooks NEW YORK (Reuters) – In the days since Luigi Mangione was charged with murder for gunning down a top health insurance executive, more than a thousand donations have poured into an online fundraiser for his legal defense, with messages supporting him and even celebrating the crime. In …

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By Nandita Bose WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump discussed childhood vaccines, his deportation plans and Ukraine’s use of U.S.-supplied missiles in a lengthy Time magazine interview published on Thursday. Here are some notable things Trump said, according to the interview transcript: UKRAINE’S USE OF U.S.-SUPPLIED MISSILES Trump criticized Ukraine’s use of U.S.-supplied …

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