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Judge halts Trump administration efforts to impose conditions on SNAP

Friday, June 5 by SRN News

BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday sided with 20 Democratic states and halted an effort by the Trump administration to force states to comply with a range of conditions to get billions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. U.S. District... Read More.

Trump pardons former US congressman convicted of securities fraud

Friday, June 5 by SRN News

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has pardoned former U.S. Representative Stephen Buyer, an Indiana Republican, who was convicted of securities fraud for engaging in insider trading in 2018 as a T-Mobile US consultant ahead of a $23 billion merger with Sprint. The... Read More.

J&J beats lawsuit alleging that talc caused three women’s cancer

Friday, June 5 by SRN News

By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK, June 5 (Reuters) - A Los Angeles jury on Friday sided with Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit by the families of three women who alleged that the company's talc products caused ovarian cancer, finding that J&J was not negligent... Read More.

USDA confirms second screwworm case in Texas

Friday, June 5 by SRN News

By Cassandra Garrison and Heather Schlitz LA PRYOR, Texas, June 5 (Reuters) - A second case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite was confirmed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Texas on Friday, just miles from where the first case in the U.S. in decades... Read More.

Trump keeps the door open to a call with Taiwan’s president even though China has warned against it

Friday, June 5 by SRN News

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - President Donald Trump on Friday indicated that he may still speak with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te - even after China has publicly urged him not to directly engage with the leader of the self-ruled island that Beijing claims... Read More.

US military says it shot down Iranian drones launched toward Strait of Hormuz

Friday, June 5 by SRN News

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisc. (AP) - The U.S. military said it shot down four Iranian drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and then struck some of the Islamic Republic's coastal surveillance radar sites in response, raising the risk to a... Read More.

Democrat Xavier Becerra advances to general election in race for California governor

Friday, June 5 by SRN News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Democrat Xavier Becerra advanced Friday to the general election for California governor after pitching himself as an experienced choice to lead the nation's most populous state and succeed Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Becerra leaned on his more than 35 years... Read More.

Matsui advances to November ballot in reelection bid for California congressional seat

Friday, June 5 by SRN News

California Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui advanced to the November ballot on Friday after facing a reelection challenge from a younger Democrat. Matsui, 81, has been in Congress since she replaced her late husband, former Rep. Bob Matsui, in the Sacramento-based seat in 2005. She faced a... Read More.

National Park Service ranger dies after falling into a crevasse on Alaska’s Mount McKinley

Friday, June 5 by SRN News

DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) - A ranger in Alaska died after falling into a crevasse on North America's tallest mountain, the National Park Service said. Robin Pendery of Enumclaw, Washington was a seasonal mountaineering ranger assigned to Denali National Park and Preserve.... Read More.

Court can’t stop Trump ballroom construction, government lawyer tells judge

Friday, June 5 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers representing the federal government argued Friday that a court could not stop construction of a White House ballroom because it was already underway and because of the sensitive security concerns they say the structure is meant to address. Attorney Yaakov Roth,... Read More.

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Judge halts Trump administration efforts to impose conditions on SNAP

Trump pardons former US congressman convicted of securities fraud

J&J beats lawsuit alleging that talc caused three women’s cancer

USDA confirms second screwworm case in Texas

Trump keeps the door open to a call with Taiwan’s president even though China has warned against it

US military says it shot down Iranian drones launched toward Strait of Hormuz

Democrat Xavier Becerra advances to general election in race for California governor

Matsui advances to November ballot in reelection bid for California congressional seat

National Park Service ranger dies after falling into a crevasse on Alaska’s Mount McKinley

Court can’t stop Trump ballroom construction, government lawyer tells judge

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