By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will vote to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules and assume new regulatory oversight of broadband internet that was rescinded under former President Donald Trump, the agency’s chair said. The FCC told advocates on Tuesday of the plan to vote on the final rule at …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump is again seeking to get the judge overseeing his April 15 New York criminal trial off the case, arguing the judge’s daughter’s work for a political consultancy with Democratic clients poses a conflict of interest. The Republican presidential candidate last year made a similar request for Justice …
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By Sarah N. Lynch and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A conservative ally of Donald Trump filed a complaint on Tuesday against a U.S. federal judge who in a rare television interview criticized the former president’s verbal attacks on the New York judge overseeing Trump’s upcoming criminal trial. Mike Davis, founder of conservative legal advocacy group …
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – The U.S. government was sued on Tuesday by anti-smoking groups that want a ban on menthol cigarettes and blame the Biden administration for delaying it. Found naturally in peppermint and similar plants, menthol is used disproportionately by Black smokers, in part because of tobacco companies’ marketing efforts and also appeals …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) said Tuesday it will require major railroads to have at least two crew members for most trips. The final rule creates a special approval process for railroads seeking to initiate new one-person train crew operations and requires trains carrying some hazardous waste …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department plans to meet with the families of the of the victims of two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people as the government decides whether to move ahead with a criminal case, relatives of the victims said. Boeing won immunity from criminal prosecution as …
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By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers vetoed a bill on Tuesday that would ban transgender and some intersex children from playing on sex-segregated school sports teams, saying that he has repeatedly warned he would veto any “anti-LGBTQ” legislation sent to his desk. The bill, which was passed by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature …
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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job openings edged up in February, though labor market conditions are gradually easing in support of expectations that the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates by June. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS report, from the Labor Department on Tuesday showed there were 1.36 …
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By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case on Monday, averting asset seizures by state authorities that could have hobbled the former U.S. president’s business empire. The Republican Trump, set to face Democratic President Joe Biden in the November U.S. election, was found liable …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -The Port of Baltimore opened a temporary channel on Monday, freeing some tugs and barges that had been trapped by last week’s bridge collapse, but officials said wider restoration of commercial shipping remained frustrated by unyielding conditions. Baltimore’s shipping channel has been blocked since a fully loaded container ship lost power …
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