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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will testify before Congress on Feb. 29 about his failure to disclose his cancer diagnosis and subsequent hospitalizations, including to President Joe Biden, a congressional spokesperson said on Tuesday. “The Department of Defense has confirmed to the House Armed Services Committee that Secretary Austin will testify before …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve veteran Asia hand Kurt Campbell, a top national security aide to President Joe Biden, as deputy secretary of state, the No. 2 position at the State Department. The Senate voted 92 to 5 to confirm Campbell, currently coordinator for Indo-Pacific …

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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A conservative U.S. legal group on Tuesday accused the National Football League (NFL) and its teams of engaging in discrimination through its influential “Rooney Rule,” which requires teams to interview at least one minority candidate for coaching and executive positions. America First Legal, which was founded by former Trump administration …

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(Reuters) -U.S. media personality Tucker Carlson said on Tuesday he would soon interview Russian President Vladimir Putin and urged Americans to watch the exchanges to learn what lay behind Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Carlson, in a post from Moscow on X, formerly Twitter, gave no further details on when the interview would take place. …

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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the bipartisan immigration bill is falling apart under political pressure from Republican rival Donald Trump and vowed to hit the road to remind voters who was to blame if it fails. “All indications are this bill won’t even move forward to the …

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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A U.S. scientific publisher has retracted two studies, largely due to their methodology, that a Texas judge cited last year in his ruling suspending federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone in response to a lawsuit by anti-abortion doctors and medical associations. The retraction Monday by Sage Publications came less …

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By Gram Slattery and Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley, the last remaining rival to Donald Trump in the primary race, has requested U.S. Secret Service protection, the campaign said on Monday. While the campaign did not disclose any specific threats that prompted the request, Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to …

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By Ossian Shine LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Super Bowl week opened on Monday night with a sensory-overload spectacle at the Las Vegas Allegiant Stadium, and a sprinkling of Taylor Swift. Bellowing announcers, thumping music, dancers, drummers and painted men flooded the in-field while more than 23,000 paying fans filled the stands of the arena, waving …

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By Steve Gorman and Daniel Trotta LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A deadly Pacific storm, the second “Pineapple Express” weather system to sweep the West Coast in less than a week, dumped torrential rain over Southern California on Monday, triggering street flooding and mudslides throughout the region. Extreme-weather advisories for floods, high wind and winter storm conditions …

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