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Trump says he reversed $187 million cut to New York’s security funds

By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he reversed his administration’s plan to cut $187 million from New York’s security funding, which the state’s governor described would have been “devastating.” “I am pleased to advise that I reversed the cuts made to Homeland Security and Counterterrorism for New York City …

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FBI cuts ties with civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -The FBI has cut ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that tracks extremist groups, after conservatives criticized the nonprofit for including slain right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s organization on its list of hate groups. In a post on X on Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel accused the …

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Analysis-Democrats rally around healthcare in shutdown fight, hoping for edge in 2026

By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. Congress have rallied around healthcare as their top policy issue in a government shutdown standoff with President Donald Trump’s Republicans, hoping a focus on Americans’ concerns over access and affordability could help them in next year’s midterm elections. The shutdown enters its third day on …

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Biden ban on offshore drilling in vast areas was illegal, court rules

(Reuters) -Former U.S. President Joe Biden exceeded his authority by withdrawing large areas along U.S. coastlines from future offshore oil and gas development, a federal judge in Louisiana ruled on Thursday. U.S. District Judge James Cain in Lake Charles, Louisiana, sided with Republican states and oil and gas industry groups that sued to block Biden’s …

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US FDA approves another generic version of abortion pill

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Evita Solution’s generic version of the abortion drug, mifepristone, the regulator said. The FDA said in a letter dated September 30 it has approved Evita’s generic version of Danco Laboratories’ mifepristone, which is used to terminate pregnancy at up to 10 weeks. The drug is manufactured …

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Fewer foreign students, fewer dollars: U.S. colleges feel the pinch  

By Kaylee Kang, Jaimi Dowdell and Helen Coster (Reuters) -DePaul University has told faculty it will immediately reduce spending following a 30% decline in international enrollment this fall. The move is the latest by U.S. colleges to cope with the disruptive education and immigration policies of President Donald Trump.  The amount of the reduction is …

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Trump eyes cuts to ‘Democrat Agencies’ in government shutdown

By Andy Sullivan and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said he will meet with his budget director Russell Vought on Thursday to determine which “Democrat Agencies” to cut, as he looks to inflict pain on his political opposition in the second day of a government shutdown. “I can’t believe the Radical Left …

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Trump says there could be firings and project cuts if shutdown continues

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said federal workers could be fired and projects cut if a government shutdown continues, even as he suggested Americans might get rebate checks from new tariff revenues. “There could be firings, and that’s their fault,” Trump said of Democrats in Congress, when asked in an interview with …

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Trump in talks to appear on ’60 minutes’, Semafor reports

(Reuters) -The White House is in talks with CBS News program “60 Minutes” about conducting an interview with U.S. President Donald Trump, Semafor reported on Thursday, citing four people with knowledge of the discussions. Reuters could not immediately verify the Semafor report. News of the possible interview comes after media reports that CBS-parent Paramount Skydance …

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FEMA stops release of key grants and requires states to prove population counts, CNN reports

(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency has stopped the release of emergency preparedness grants to states until they prove their populations, CNN reported on Thursday, citing a notice by the agency. The agency contends that states may be getting inflated payments because most of the money is distributed proportionately based on state population, CNN …

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