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By Douglas Gillison and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House is close to naming derivatives regulator Christy Goldsmith Romero to replace Martin Gruenberg to head the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Gruenberg, a Democrat, said in May he would step down once …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday that unruly airline passenger incidents remain high, and the agency vowed to maintain a zero-tolerance policy. There were 915 cases of unruly passengers reported in 2024 through June 9, including 106 cases of passenger disturbances due to intoxication, the FAA …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal agencies said on Monday they have restored full access for commercial maritime transit through the Port of Baltimore after the removal of 50,000 tons of debris from the March 26 collapse of the Key Bridge. The cargo ship Dali crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March in …

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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will close a costly Texas detention center and reallocate the funds to increase overall detention capacity as the agency ramps up operations to implement new U.S. border restrictions. In a memo to U.S. lawmakers on Monday, ICE said it would shutter the South …

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(Reuters) – New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Monday the agency is looking for cuts to capital projects and is concerned about the status of federal grants after Governor Kathy Hochul ordered an indefinite halt to congestion pricing. MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said the agency was working to avoid cuts to service after …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department and the Food and Drug Administration on Monday launched a new task force that will take aim at the sale and distribution of illicit e-cigarettes, in a move to protect youth from illegal vaping products. The new enforcement effort comes after the FDA issued …

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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts public middle school did not violate a student’s free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution by requiring the boy to stop wearing a T-shirt that said “There are only two genders,” a federal appeals court has ruled. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sunday …

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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A man charged with killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2015 can be forced to take anti-psychotic medication in the hope of making him competent to stand trial, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump said on Monday he would be interviewed by a probation officer ahead of his sentencing next month over his historic conviction on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. In a fundraising email to supporters, the Republican presidential candidate wrote, “I’m actually about …

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