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Can Democrats find their footing? Tight New Jersey governor’s race tests Trump’s pull

30 Oct 2025

(Corrects Mamdani’s age to 34 from 33, paragraph 12) By Joseph Ax PRINCETON, New Jersey (Reuters) -The closely contested New Jersey governor’s race between Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli has set new spending records and drawn political heavyweights, as both national parties seek an early gauge of voter sentiment nine months into Republican …

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Bayer’s Monsanto must pay $185 million after state Supreme Court restores chemical leak verdict

30 Oct 2025

By Diana Novak Jones (Reuters) -A U.S. court reinstated a $185 million verdict against Bayer’s Monsanto unit over chemical contamination at a Washington state school on Thursday. The Washington state Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that had vacated the verdict in a 2021 trial over claims brought by three teachers at Sky Valley …

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Trump ties student loan relief to immigration agenda in new rule

30 Oct 2025

By Courtney Rozen and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will move forward with its plan to exclude from a federal student loan forgiveness program nonprofits that violate laws central to his immigration agenda, according to a new regulation, making it harder for their employees to qualify for cancellation.  The Trump administration …

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US judge skeptical Trump administration can legally suspend food benefits

30 Oct 2025

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge in Boston on Thursday said it appeared to her that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot legally suspend all food aid for millions of Americans amid the ongoing government shutdown as it plans to do starting Saturday. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani said she planned to decide later …

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ICE eyes contract to rapidly move immigrants from Texas jails to detention

30 Oct 2025

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is asking companies to submit proposals for how they would provide round-the-clock services to transport immigrant detainees from Texas jails to ICE custody, documents published this week showed, a move that could speed up deportations and free up ICE officers. ICE is seeking a contractor …

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Judge allows Trump administration to fire most of DOJ race-relations agency’s employees

30 Oct 2025

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to proceed with firing nearly every employee at a 1960s-era agency within the U.S. Department of Justice known as “America’s peacemaker” that is tasked with quelling racial and ethnic tensions in U.S. communities. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston …

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Health adviser Calley Means leaves White House role, NYT reports

30 Oct 2025

(Reuters) -Calley Means, a health adviser to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has left his role at the White House, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Means worked in the Trump administration as a special government employee and was a close aide to Kennedy, particularly active in the “Make America Healthy Again” …

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New York declares state of emergency to fund food banks as federal food aid set to lapse

30 Oct 2025

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday declared a state of emergency to issue $65 million for assistance to food banks as federal funding for the national food stamp program is set to lapse on November 1. Oregon and Virginia have also issued emergency declarations to free up funds for …

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Exclusive-Pentagon’s DOGE unit to revamp military drone program, sources say

30 Oct 2025

By David Jeans NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Pentagon’s DOGE unit is leading efforts to overhaul the U.S. military drone program, including streamlining procurement, expand homegrown production, and acquire tens of thousands of cheap drones in the coming months, according to Pentagon officials and people with knowledge of the matter. In July, Secretary of Defense Pete …

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US government shutdown threatens to shutter Head Start child programs

30 Oct 2025

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Education, child care and nutrition services for tens of thousands of young American children will begin to be cut off on Saturday, as Republicans and Democrats in Congress fail to reach a deal to end the second-longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Funding for the $12.3 billion program that serves …

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