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US House advances stopgap bill to avert government shutdown

By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday cleared the way for a vote later this week on a stopgap funding measure to avert a partial federal government shutdown in two weeks. Lawmakers ...
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Miran’s Fed dissent makes a splash, fails to sway the outcome

(Reuters) -If President Donald Trump hoped that putting a close ally at the Federal Reserve would grab headlines, White House economic adviser Stephen Miran’s dissent and way-below consensus interest rate projection on Wednesday delivered. If the hope was to have someone on the inside to ...
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US Justice Dept orders Arizona to preserve election records from 2020, documents show

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has ordered Arizona to preserve all election records dating back to 2020 as it prepares for a potential lawsuit over alleged voting law violations, according to public records released on Wednesday. In an August 12 letter ...
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RFK Jr. said ‘changes’ coming to the childhood vaccine schedule in September, according to Monarez

(WASHINGTON) -- In August, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told then-CDC director Susan Monarez that changes would be coming to the childhood vaccination schedule in September, according to Monarez's testimony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.Her comments allege Kennedy had already decided to make changes ...
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Susan Monarez, former CDC director, tells Senate committee ‘true reason’ she believes she was fired

(WASHINGTON) -- Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez on Wednesday said she was fired by President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for "holding the line on scientific integrity."Monarez gave a detailed timeline before the Senate's ...
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Republican leaders reject Democratic health care demands for bill to avoid shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders in the House and Senate said Wednesday that they will reject Democratic demands for an immediate extension of health care subsidies, challenging Democrats to vote against a stopgap spending bill that doesn’t include them but will keep the government ...
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Liberal nonprofit groups push back against Trump’s threats after Kirk murder

By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than 120 left-leaning groups, facing a threatened crackdown by President Donald Trump, released a letter on Wednesday condemning what they call efforts to exploit political violence to distort their work and curb their “fundamental freedoms.” The Trump administration has intensified ...
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US Congress Democrats to include healthcare initiative in their stopgap funding counter-proposal

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Congress Democrats planned to unveil on Wednesday their version of legislation keeping the federal government fully operating beyond September 30, while also attaching healthcare provisions that Republicans have vowed to reject. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said in an interview ...
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Senate panel backs Trump diplomatic nominees amid ‘nuclear’ push to speed confirmations

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. Senate committee approved dozens of Donald Trump’s nominees for diplomatic positions on Wednesday, as the president’s fellow Republicans worked to change Senate rules to make it easier to confirm his picks. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee considered 36 nominees, ...
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US farmers face ‘financial calamity’ without extra aid soon, Republican lawmakers say

By Bo Erickson and Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -As U.S. farmers enter autumn harvest season worried that low crop prices and a trade war could hurt their livelihoods, Republican farm-state lawmakers are urging President Donald Trump’s administration to issue economic aid for farmers by year’s ...
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Rudy Giuliani must pay his defense lawyers $1.4 million, judge rules

By David Thomas (Reuters) -Rudy Giuliani must pay his former attorneys $1.36 million in unpaid legal fees plus interest for their work defending the former New York mayor in connection with his actions as U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, a judge ruled on Tuesday. New ...
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US senators demand Wells Fargo welcome employee unions

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A group of Democratic senators called on Wells Fargo to end its alleged campaign against employee unions, saying a more constructive approach could address a toxic workplace culture and help the bank recover from scandals that prevented it from growing. In a ...
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