By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Wall Street Journal asked a U.S. judge on Monday to dismiss President Donald Trump’s lawsuit alleging the paper defamed him in a July 17 article asserting Trump’s name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, calling the case a threat …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Government pressure played no role in the suspension of late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr said on Monday – despite having suggested the ABC host be suspended over remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “Jimmy Kimmel is in the situation that …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let President Donald Trump fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission for now while agreeing to hear arguments in the case in December, setting up a major test of presidential power over government agencies designed by Congress to be independent. The court granted …
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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to end its annual food insecurity survey will make it harder to measure the impact of the Trump administration’s cuts to nutrition programs such as food stamps, anti-hunger advocates said on Monday. The USDA on Saturday announced it was canceling the Household Food Security …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s choice of his former personal lawyer to lead investigations of New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey has sparked concern among former federal prosecutors, who say it shows that the U.S. president is using federal power to target his political foes. The …
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By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Governors of more than a quarter of U.S. states pushed on Monday for greater influence over PJM Interconnection, the country’s biggest power grid, where electricity prices are surging as AI data center demand outpaces the connection of new supplies. Rising power bills in PJM, which operates the grid covering …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump is set to hold a series of high-stakes meetings at the United Nations this week, beginning with bilateral talks with UN Secretary-General António Guterres and leaders from Ukraine, Argentina, and the European Union, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Monday. In a separate multilateral summit, Trump will convene with …
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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is imposing new restrictions on media coverage of the U.S. military, requiring news organizations to agree they will not disclose information that the government has not approved for release. In a memo on Friday, the Department of Defense said journalists who publish unauthorized sensitive material …
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By David Shepardson and Allison Lampert WASHINGTON/MONTREAL (Reuters) -The Republican chair of the Senate Commerce Committee urged President Donald Trump to support international efforts by an airline trade group to raise the mandatory pilot retirement age to 67, a move opposed by the Air Line Pilots Association, which says it could increase travel risks. Senator …
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By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) -CVS Health’s Aetna insurance arm will expand a nascent program pairing members in its privately run Medicare plans with nurses – an effort the company says will reduce hospital readmissions, which are costly and can be detrimental to patient health. For patients on the Medicare Advantage plans for people …
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