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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal judge ordered U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to fully fund this month’s food aid for 42 million low-income Americans by Friday, blocking its plan to only provide reduced benefits during the government shutdown. U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island accused the administration of withholding Supplemental Nutrition …

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(Fixes name in sign-off, no change to text) NEW YORK (Reuters) -Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland died at the age of 24, the team and the league said on Thursday, in what local police said they are investigating as a possible suicide. Kneeland’s body was located in the early hours on Thursday, according to …

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By Diana Novak Jones CHICAGO (Reuters) -A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday said immigration officials had lied about the nature of local protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the city, and ordered agents to restrict their use of tear gas and other anti-riot weapons in the area. At a hearing, U.S. District …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge approved a request by the Trump administration’s Justice Department to dismiss a criminal case against Boeing, allowing the planemaker to avoid prosecution on a charge stemming from two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes that killed 346 people, but he harshly criticized the government’s decision. Judge Reed O’Connor, …

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(Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration told airlines on Thursday to cut 4% of flights at 40 high-traffic airports starting Friday, according to a document seen by Reuters. The level then increases by two percentage points each on Tuesday and next Thursday, reaching 10% on November 14.  The cuts, expected to impact hundreds of thousands of travelers, …

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By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Thursday acknowledged that U.S. consumers are paying more for goods because of the tariffs he has set, a shift in rhetoric even as he insisted that the policy has benefited Americans overall. Trump, who has used tariffs as a diplomatic and economic cudgel …

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By Bo Erickson, Nolan D. McCaskill and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Democrats continued to hold out on agreeing to end the record-long federal government shutdown on Thursday, despite Republican overtures to reverse federal employee layoffs as part of a bid to reopen shuttered agencies. Democrats spent nearly two hours in their second closed-door …

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt with a series of cases involving challenges to the actions of President Donald Trump and his administration since he returned to office in January. These cases have involved the U.S. Federal Reserve, tariffs, immigration policy, domestic troop deployment, birthright citizenship, transgender rights, firings of federal workers and agency …

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