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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors plan to review the case of a former FBI informant who admitted to fabricating bribery claims against former President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, according to a court filing on Friday. The disclosure came as prosecutors, together with defense lawyers for the informant, Alexander Smirnov, asked a …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More large law firms are in talks with the White House to reach agreements to avert restrictions on their businesses by promising to do pro bono work that President Donald Trump supports, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Latham & Watkins, Simpson Thacher, Kirkland & …

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By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) -A group of Democratic state attorneys general on Thursday sued the Trump administration in an effort to stop it from cutting off more than $1.1 billion in funding meant to help address the long-term effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on elementary and high school students. The lawsuit, filed in …

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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than 2,600 U.S. Department of Energy staffers have opted to take the Trump administration’s second round of resignation offers, two sources said on Thursday, with offices on power grid stability and loans for high-tech energy projects hit hard. The number is more than double the 1,217 staffers that took …

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By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump late on Tuesday reiterated he would impose tariffs on imports of pharmaceutical products that have long been spared from past trade disputes due to the potential for harm to patients. Trump excluded them from his announcement of sweeping import tariffs last week, but in recent weeks …

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By Douglas Gillison and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Paul Atkins as President Donald Trump’s choice to run the Securities and Exchange Commission, installing the business-friendly lawyer atop an agency in the throes of major change. In a largely party line vote, the Senate voted 52-44 to confirm Atkins, who …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Around 4,000 employees of the U.S. Transportation Department have applied to take a new buyout offer that offers pay and benefits through Sept. 30, a department official told Reuters. The figure is not final because it may include employees who are not eligible or some who sent more than one …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of six U.S. lawmakers has questioned the Federal Aviation Administration about recent outages of the “Notice to Airmen” system that provides pilots, flight crews and others with critical safety notices about U.S. airspace. The system failed in February and March. The lawmakers, led by Senators Amy …

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