Puerto Rico asks Congress for help with delayed disaster relief loan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury has delayed a $4.7 billion post-hurricane loan to Puerto Rico and reduced the amount by more than half, and the resulting financial strain threatens to disrupt essential services, the island's governor said in a letter asking U.S. congressional leaders to intervene.

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Hope Hicks Acknowledges She Sometimes Tells White Lies for Trump

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11 Sickened by Hazardous Envelope Opened on Military Base

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Judge Orders Tarps Removed From Confederate Statues in Charlottesville

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Quotation of the Day: N.R.A. Battle Pits Business Against G.O.P.

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Review: ‘The Amateurs’ Takes On God, Noah’s Ark and the Plague. For Laughs.

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Flying Taxis May Be Years Away, but the Groundwork Is Accelerating

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Steve Wynn Is Accused of Rape and Coercion in Police Reports

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US slaps fresh tariffs on Chinese aluminium

Washington accuses Beijing of 'unfair imports' and says it will protect its workers.

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Kushner loses access to top intelligence briefing: sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, has lost access to the most valued U.S. intelligence report, the President's Daily Brief, as the White House imposes greater discipline on access to secrets, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

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Puerto Rico asks Congress for help with delayed disaster relief loan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury has delayed a $4.7 billion post-hurricane loan to Puerto Rico and reduced the amount by more than half, and the resulting financial strain threatens to disrupt essential services, the island's governor said in a letter asking U.S. congressional leaders to intervene.

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Two-thirds of U.S. commuter railroads may not meet crash technology deadline: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As many as two-thirds of the 29 U.S. commuter railroads may not meet a deadline to install an anti-crash technology by the end of the year, according to a report by a government watchdog seen by Reuters.

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Russians compromised election systems in seven states: NBC News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence had evidence that voter registration systems or websites in seven states - Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Texas and Wisconsin - were compromised by Russian-backed operatives before the 2016 election but never told the states, NBC News reported on Tuesday.

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U.S. congressional Republicans reject new limits on guns

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican leaders of the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday they would not raise the minimum age for gun buyers, in a sign that one of President Donald Trump's proposals likely will not get far on Capitol Hill after a deadly Florida school shooting.

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Three taken to hospital after letter opened at Virginia military base

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eleven people fell ill and three were transported to a hospital on Tuesday after a letter was opened at a U.S. military base in Arlington, Virginia, the fire department and a base spokeswoman said.

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U.S. judge rejects lawsuit seeking to stop Trump border wall

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday sided with President Donald Trump's administration and rejected an attempt by the state of California and environmental groups to stop the government from building a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.

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Trump urges prison reform, not sentencing overhaul after pushback

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday urged U.S. lawmakers to move ahead with legislation to help prisoners prepare for life after release, but stopped short of calling for broader reforms such as changing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes.

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Supreme Court curbs rights of immigrants awaiting deportation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday curbed the ability of immigrants held in long-term detention during deportation proceedings to argue for their release in a ruling in sync with President Donald Trump's get-tough approach toward immigration.

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