(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court will decide a series of important cases during its current nine-month term involving issues such as presidential powers, tariffs, transgender athletes, guns, race, campaign finance law, gay “conversion therapy,” religious rights and capital punishment. Here is a look at some of the cases due to be argued during the term, …
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(Reuters) -A group of independent U.S. vaccine experts said on Thursday it plans to review existing data on administering the hepatitis B shot at birth, months after a federal panel postponed a vote on delaying its first dose. The Vaccine Integrity Project, an initiative dedicated to safeguarding vaccine use in the U.S., said it plans …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department is said to be probing Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser over a foreign trip, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing sources. The investigation into Bowser is being handled by the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington and is over a trip paid for by the government of Qatar, …
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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as the powerful speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Thursday that she will not run for reelection to Congress in 2026, ending the four-decade career of a progressive Democratic icon often vilified by the right. The 85-year-old congresswoman, first elected …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal prosecutors are preparing grand jury subpoenas to investigate Obama-era intelligence officials who produced an assessment finding Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election in a bid to help Donald Trump, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The grand jury subpoenas will request a broad swath of records, …
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Donald Trump’s administration to bar applicants for U.S. passports from designating the sex reflecting their gender identities on the document, part of the Republican president’s crackdown on the rights of transgender Americans. The court granted the Justice Department’s request to lift a judge’s order that …
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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A man who hurled a sandwich at a federal agent in a fit of fury over President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., was cleared on Thursday of a misdemeanor assault charge. Sean Dunn, a former U.S. Justice Department staffer, was found not guilty of assaulting or impeding …
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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -A Virginia school teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in 2023 was awarded $10 million in damages by a jury on Thursday, concluding a negligence lawsuit she brought against a school administrator. Abigail Zwerner alleged that an assistant principal at the Newport News elementary school where she used to teach ignored …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Thursday that she was asking a court to require the U.S. Department of Agriculture to release complete Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November. President Donald Trump’s administration said on Monday it was going to partially fund November food benefits for millions of Americans …
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will release new dietary guidelines in December aimed at reducing high rates of obesity and changing the country’s food culture, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Thursday. “We’re about to release dietary guidelines that are going to change the food culture in …
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