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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Representative Mike Flood endured a contentious town hall meeting in Nebraska on Monday, as opponents of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax- and spending-cut bill booed and heckled him for over an hour. Flood fielded questions about Republican funding cuts to the Medicaid healthcare program for lower-income Americans, food assistance and funding …

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By Sarah N. Lynch and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed federal prosecutors to launch a grand jury investigation into allegations that members of Democratic former President Barack Obama’s administration manufactured intelligence on Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday. The Justice …

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By Lucia Mutikani, Nandita Bose and Michael S. Derby WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Friday fired a top Labor Department official on the heels of a market-shocking weak scorecard of the U.S. job market, accusing her without evidence of manipulating the figures and adding to already growing concerns about the quality of economic …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Friday lifted a judge’s order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal workers of the ability to engage in union bargaining with U.S. agencies. A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold …

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By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration will require U.S. states to spend part of their federal terrorism prevention funds on helping the government arrest migrants, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said. The Tuesday announcement represents President Donald Trump’s latest effort to apply federal funding for states to the arrest of migrants. Congress established …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration has extended Nevada’s Interim U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah’s term, aiming to prevent a federal court from rejecting her permanent appointment amid mounting opposition from critics including more than 100 retired federal and state judges, a Justice Department official said. Chattah, an Israel-born former Republican National …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chair of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will introduce broad aviation safety legislation on Tuesday on the eve of a three-day investigative hearing into the January 29 collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet that killed 67 people. Senator Ted Cruz, who disclosed some details …

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By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Venezuelan man filed a formal complaint on Thursday against the U.S. government for sending him to El Salvador’s most notorious prison, a new legal strategy that could be duplicated by others who have said they were falsely accused of gang membership by President Donald Trump’s administration. Neiyerver Adrián Leon …

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