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Jewish student who took on Harvard in court ends lawsuit
(Reuters) - A Jewish student who sued Harvard University for allegedly ignoring antisemitism on campus ended his lawsuit against the Ivy League school on Thursday. Alexander Kestenbaum, who is known a...
May 15, 2025
Trump agenda hits speed bump in US Congress as hardliners revolt
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Republican push to advance U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tax bill through Congress appeared to hit a roadblock on Thursday, as hardline conservatives d...
May 15, 2025
HHS to stop recommending Covid shots for children, pregnant women, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is planning to drop recommendations for routine COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women, teens and children, the Wall Street Journal reported o...
May 15, 2025
US Republicans reject bid to probe human rights in El Salvador
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday defeated a Democratic resolution calling for a review of human rights in El Salvador, focusing on conditions at a maximum...
May 15, 2025
FEMA chief says agency will raise state burden for disasters to 50%
By Leah Douglas and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - David Richardson, the new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said on Thursday that states would in the future bear half the costs for respond...
May 15, 2025
Florida bans fluoride in public water systems, part of conservative push
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Florida became the second state to ban fluoride in its water supply on Thursday, as use of the mineral used to strengthen teeth increasingly comes under attack from Republica...
May 15, 2025
US House panel seeks information from Pfizer over alleged COVID vaccine delay
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers on Thursday asked Pfizer Inc for information on alleged comments by a former executive suggesting its research executives int...
May 15, 2025
Trump administration to audit billions in energy grants awarded under Biden
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration said on Thursday it will audit some $15 billion in grants to power grid and manufacturing supply chain projects awarded during the Bid...
May 15, 2025
US rooftop solar companies say Republican House bill would be a major setback
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) -Companies that put solar panels on U.S. homes say a Republican budget bill advanced in Congress this week would deal a massive blow to the industry by eliminating a generou...
May 15, 2025
Newark mayor's lawyers seek dismissal of trespass charge, say arrest was targeted
By Karen Freifeld NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) -Lawyers for Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka said on Thursday they would file motions to dismiss a charge that he had trespassed at a privately run f...
May 15, 2025
