By Steve Holland and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would tell a gathering of U.S. generals and admirals in Quantico, Virginia, that they were cherished leaders who needed to be strong and tough. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned senior U.S. military leaders from around the world for a …
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By James Oliphant and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ahead of a meeting between lawmakers and President Donald Trump, the Republican leaders of Congress sought on Sunday to blame Democrats for an impasse prior to a looming deadline to pass legislation to avert a government shutdown and urged them to agree to a short-term bill to …
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By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -With three days to go before a U.S. government shutdown, an advocacy group that tracks federal spending warns that about $8 billion approved by Congress for healthcare and education is at risk of going unused, held back by President Donald Trump’s administration. The potential “backdoor cuts” identified by the litigation-focused …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with the top Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress on Monday to discuss government funding ahead of a September 30 deadline to keep the government open, a White House official said on Saturday. Trump had previously scrapped a meeting with the top Congressional Democrats – Representative Hakeem …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. military leaders deployed around the world have started to prepare to travel to Virginia for a meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth next week, which some officials on Friday billed as a gathering focused on the “warrior ethos.” Hegseth has summoned U.S. generals and admirals from around the world to a meeting …
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(Corrects day to Saturday in paragraph 1 ) (Reuters) -Humberto has strengthened quickly to become a powerful Category 5 hurricane and is forecast to continue strengthening through the weekend, the U.S. Hurricane Center said on Saturday. The hurricane was located about 350 miles (563.27 km northeast of the northern Leeward islands, packing maximum sustained winds …
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By Ted Hesson, Brian Snyder and Heather Schlitz CHELSEA, Massachusetts/BROADVIEW, Illinois (Reuters) -A U.S. immigration officer shoving a woman in a New York City courthouse to the floor. Protesters dispersed with tear gas outside a Chicago detention center. A woman injured during an arrest in the Boston area. The incidents on Thursday and Friday highlight …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday a Pentagon review that decided against revoking medals awarded to U.S. soldiers at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre. “Celebrating war crimes is not patriotic. This decision undermines truth-telling, …
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(Refiles to fix link to earlier story in paragraph 8) By Lizbeth Diaz IRIMBO, Michoacan, Mexico (Reuters) -Family and friends gathered in a small Mexican town on Friday to mourn and demand justice for a 38-year-old father of two who was killed by an immigration agent during an arrest attempt in a Chicago suburb earlier …
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By Ismail Shakil and Brendan O’Boyle (Reuters) -The United States said it would revoke Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s visa after he took to New York’s streets on Friday in a pro-Palestinian demonstration and urged U.S. soldiers to disobey President Donald Trump’s orders. “We will revoke Petro’s visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions,” the …
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