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By Nathan Frandino OAKLAND, California (Reuters) -A planned immigration enforcement push by U.S. Border Patrol has been called off throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including Oakland, local officials said on Friday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would not go forward with a deployment of additional federal officers to San Francisco. …

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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture will not use agency contingency funds to pay for food aid benefits set to lapse in November during the federal government shutdown, according to a memo seen by Reuters. More than 41 million people are set to lose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, also known …

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By Dietrich Knauth and Jack Queen (Reuters) -Federal judges in Portland, Oregon and Washington, D.C. held hearings on Friday in legal battles over the deployment of National Guard troops to the U.S. cities, as President Donald Trump seeks to expand his rare use of the U.S. military for domestic purposes. In Portland, Justice Department lawyers …

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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. will expand the use of facial recognition technology to track non-citizens entering and leaving the country in order to combat visa overstays and passport fraud, according to a government document published on Friday. A new regulation will allow U.S. border authorities to require non-citizens to be photographed at …

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By David Shepardson PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Friday said he expects more flights to be delayed, with air traffic controllers set to miss their first paycheck as a federal government shutdown enters its 24th day. Some 13,000 air traffic controllers and about 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers must work without pay …

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By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch NORFOLK, Virginia (Reuters) -New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime critic of President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty in federal court on Friday to charges related to allegedly lying on mortgage documents. James, a Democrat who last year secured a $450 million civil fraud judgment against Trump, …

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By Courtney Rozen and Jonathan Allen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -With many Washington tourist spots closed due to the U.S. government shutdown, some visitors instead are checking out an unexpected and divisive new attraction in the nation’s capital: President Donald Trump’s surprise demolition of the White House’s East Wing. Tours of the White House are out of …

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By Jasper Ward (Reuters) -Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul and California Governor Gavin Newsom said that they would fund reproductive healthcare provider Planned Parenthood amid federal cuts from the Medicaid insurance program. The Republican-led Congress’ spending bill enacted over the summer denied funds from the joint federal-state program to certain tax-exempt organizations and their …

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