By Brad Brooks and Joseph Ax PROVO, Utah (Reuters) – The suspect accused of assassinating right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in Utah wrote a text message before the shooting that he planned to kill Kirk, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Monday. In an appearance on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” Patel said investigators believe Tyler …
By Nandita Bose and Helen Coster WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vice President JD Vance and another top official in President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday argued that serving the memory of Charlie Kirk means pursuing left-leaning groups they portray as bent on undermining national unity. Vance, who guest-hosted the slain conservative activist’s livestream show, amplified right-wing calls …
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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration announced plans on Monday to invest $500 million in historically Black colleges and tribal universities, days after ending $350 million in grants to programs for colleges with large numbers of Hispanic students and other minority-serving institutions. Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities …
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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump established a Memphis Safe Task Force on Monday modeled after the recent federal law enforcement surge in the nation’s capital, as part of a broader initiative he says is needed to combat urban violence. He said he plans to take similar action in Chicago next. …
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By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – Nebraska confirmed its first case of bird flu in a dairy cattle herd, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday, showing the virus continues to spread in livestock after an outbreak began last year. Dairy cattle in 17 states have been confirmed to be infected since the start …
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RAMSBOTTOM, England (Reuters) -The World Black Pudding Throwing Championships drew competitors to the Lancashire town of Ramsbottom once again this year for one of Britain’s most eccentric sporting spectacles on a day of laughter, lore and lobbing. This year’s champion Ged Flanagan from nearby Salford finally claimed the coveted title after years of near misses. …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday that negotiations on a stopgap bill to keep the government funded have been slowed by the need to add security funding for federal officials after last week’s killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The federal government would face a partial shutdown …
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By David Shepardson (Reuters) – New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority said on Monday that unions had backed off from a threat to launch a strike later this week at the Long Island Rail Road, which serves nearly 300,000 passengers daily. A group of unions said at a press conference they had asked President Donald Trump …
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By Nicole Jao NEW YORK (Reuters) -California lawmakers passed a bill over the weekend that would allow the construction of thousands of new oil wells annually in the Golden State in a bid to make oil supply more affordable for refineries and keep fuel prices in check for consumers. The new bill, SB 237, would award …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Maurene Comey, a former federal prosecutor who brought criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over her abrupt July firing. Comey, the eldest daughter of former FBI director and longtime Trump adversary James Comey, …
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