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(Reuters) — Florida’s public university system will decide next Wednesday whether to ban diversity spending and remove sociology classes as a way to fulfill social-science course requirements, a week after the state education board approved the measures for public colleges. The new rules, whi…

(Reuters) — Donald Trump can remain on Washington state’s Republican presidential primary ballot, a judge ruled on Thursday, rejecting the latest effort to disqualify the former president from running again based on his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss. As in other states, the voters…

(Reuters) — A new batch of U.S. bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has attracted strong investor interest, though it is unclear if they will be able to maintain the pace of inflows in coming weeks. Investors have poured $1.9 billion into nine new exchange-traded funds tracking the spot price of b…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The replacement for the ground-based U.S. nuclear arsenal anchored by the Minuteman III has officially busted through its $95.8 billion budget due to the COVID-19 pandemic and inflation, the Air Force said on Thursday. The Air Force is notifying Congress that the program, bei…

(Reuters) — The chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee on Thursday asked Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to testify before the panel over the failure to timely disclose his recent hospitalization, even to President Joe Biden. Austin had been in a hospital receiving treat…

(Reuters) — A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that Pennsylvania laws that ban 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying firearms in public during a state of emergency are unconstitutional, citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that expanded gun rights. The Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Biden administration’s top trade official for Asia, Sarah Bianchi, is stepping down as the U.S. Trade Representative’s office plots its next moves on trade talks with Indo-Pacific countries after failing to reach a deal in November, the White House confirmed o…

People walk past a snowy U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Jan. 16, 2024. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a stopgap bill to fund the federal government through early March and avert a partial government shutdown, sending it to President Joe Bid…

(Reuters) — The U.S. government will crack down on companies that violate export rules, with stiffer penalties to deter future violations involving countries like China, Russia and Iran, a Department of Commerce official said late on Tuesday. “There are going to have to be some penalties that…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday the economy’s strong performance is evidence that the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act was the right approach in 2021 to avoid a slow and painful recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Yellen said in remarks…