Trump gives nod to Republican tax-credit proposal on Obamacare

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump backed the use of tax credits to help people purchase health insurance in a speech to Congress on Tuesday, the first time he signaled support for a key component of House Republican proposals to replace Obamacare.

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FBI investigating shootings of Indian men in Kansas as hate crime

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) - The deadly shooting of an Indian engineer and wounding of his co-worker last Wednesday at a bar in Kansas is being investigated as a hate crime, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Tuesday.

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NSA risks talent exodus amid morale slump, Trump fears

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Security Agency risks a brain-drain of hackers and cyber spies due to a tumultuous reorganization and worries about the acrimonious relationship between the intelligence community and President Donald Trump, according to current and former NSA officials and cybersecurity industry sources.

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Trump orders review of Obama waterway regulation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order on Tuesday directing regulators to review an Obama administration rule that expanded the number of federally protected waterways as the new president targets environmental regulations conservatives label as government overreach.

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House conservatives balk at emerging Obamacare plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare encountered resistance on Tuesday from party conservatives who said draft legislation emerging in the U.S. House of Representatives would not reduce the cost of healthcare.

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SUV injures 12 student band members in Alabama Mardi Gras parade

(Reuters) - An SUV driven by an elderly man plowed into a Mardi Gras parade crowd in Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Tuesday, injuring a dozen members of a high school marching band and prompting the event to be canceled, city and police officials said.

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Police hunt Mississippi man accused of strangling girlfriend

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. marshals and local police are continuing to hunt for a man suspected of killing his girlfriend at her apartment and shooting and wounding a woman jogging in a nearby park in Mississippi, a law enforcement official said on Tuesday

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