(Fixes advisory line to note that update adds details of Afghan resettlement program in paragraph 13) By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S.-based employees on Friday as the administration of President Donald Trump presses ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its diplomatic corps, a move critics say …
By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday fired several more Justice Department employees who worked for Special Counsel Jack Smith to investigate President Donald Trump’s retention of classified records and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to five people familiar with the matter. About 20 …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump defended Attorney General Pam Bondi on Saturday amid backlash against her from some of Trump’s supporters over how the Justice Department handled the investigation into the death of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged clientele. Trump said “nobody cares about” Epstein, and that more time or energy must …
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(Reuters) -U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Saturday that she was in talks with five Republican-led states to build another detention site inspired by the “Alligator Alcatraz” facility in Florida. “We’ve had several other states that are actually using Alligator Alcatraz as a model for how they can partner with us,” Noem told …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Saturday dropped a case against a Utah doctor accused of falsifying COVID-19 vaccination certificates and destroying more than $28,000 worth of government-provided COVID-19 vaccines. Bondi, in a statement posted on X, said Michael Kirk Moore Jr., of Salt Lake County, Utah did not deserve the jail time …
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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A California farm worker died on Friday after U.S. immigration agents raided a cannabis nursery and arrested hundreds of workers, a worker advocacy group said, while a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily halt some of its most aggressive tactics in rounding up undocumented immigrants. Dozens of migrant-rights …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge is standing by her decision to block the implementation of a provision in U.S. President Donald Trump’s recently passed tax and spending bill that would prevent Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving Medicaid funding. The Trump administration on Friday asked U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Maria Alejandra Cardona KERRVILLE, Texas (Reuters) -President Donald Trump defended the state and federal response to deadly flash flooding in Texas on Friday as he visited the stricken Hill Country region, where at least 120 people, including dozens of children, perished a week ago. During a roundtable discussion after touring Kerr …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has no immediate plans to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency amid ongoing discussions about the disaster relief agency’s future, the Washington Post reported. No official action was being taken to wind down FEMA and changes in the agency would probably amount to a “rebranding” that would emphasize state …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge in Texas on Friday granted a request from the Trump administration and industry groups to scrap regulations adopted during the final days of Joe Biden’s presidency that would have removed consumers’ medical debts from their credit reports, court papers showed. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan, whom Trump appointed in 2019, …
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