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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. prosecutor who produced a politically explosive report that raised questions about President Joe Biden’s memory will testify to a Republican-controlled House of Representatives committee in March, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Special Counsel Robert Hur will appear on March 12 before the House Judiciary Committee, which …

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By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump will become the first former U.S. president to stand trial on criminal charges after a New York judge on Thursday set a March 25 trial date and denied his request to dismiss the case, which stems from hush money paid to a porn star. …

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(Reuters) -More than 350 people have contacted an outside law firm reviewing workplace culture at the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the wake of media reporting last year on allegations of persistent sexual harassment, top agency officials said on Thursday. The agency in November announced the review after The Wall Street Journal cited interviews …

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TIRANA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said that the Russia-related national security threat that came to light this week was not an “active capability,” adding that Washington is taking the issue very seriously and soon will have more to say. The United States has told Congress and allies in Europe …

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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bill to strip the power of President Joe Biden’s administration to freeze approvals of liquefied natural gas exports passed in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, but faces an uphill battle in the Senate. The House approved the bill sponsored by Representative August Pfluger of gas-producing Texas …

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By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Safety failures by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP), including the widespread use of single cells and failure to keep out drugs and weapons, led to preventable inmate deaths, the Justice Department watchdog said on Thursday. Inspector General Michael Horowitz blamed deaths on BOP’s “operational and managerial deficiencies” that also …

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By Robin Respaut and Chad Terhune (Reuters) – A small but rapidly growing number of U.S. adolescents began treatment with Novo Nordisk’s <NOVOb.CO> weight-loss drug Wegovy last year, a powerful new tool to address record rates of pediatric obesity, according to data shared exclusively with Reuters. In the first 10 months of 2023, 1,268 children …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Abortion pills sent to pregnant women after video call or text message consultations are as safe and effective as in-person care, according to a large study from the United States, where access to abortion has been markedly curtailed in recent years. Since the U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2022 to eliminate the …

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By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -A moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was launched from Florida early on Thursday on a mission to conduct the first U.S. lunar touchdown in more than a half century and the first by a privately owned spacecraft. The company’s Nova-C lander, …

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