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Trump vows national emergency in Washington, DC over ICE dispute

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would call a national emergency and federalize Washington, D.C. after Mayor Muriel Bowser said its police would not cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. At issue is the provision of information on individuals living in, or entering, the United States illegally. Trump’s threat adds to …

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Trump calls for ‘bigger’ interest rate cut ahead of Fed meeting

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday called for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to enact a “bigger” cut to benchmark interest rates and pointed to the housing market in a social media post ahead of the U.S. central bank’s meeting this week. “‘Too Late’ MUST CUT INTEREST RATES, NOW, AND BIGGER THAN HE …

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US judge questions deportation of West African migrants to Ghana

(Adds picture and additional codes to September 13 story, no changes to text.) By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Saturday said it appeared that President Donald Trump’s administration intentionally circumvented immigration laws this week when it deported Nigerian and Gambian migrants to Ghana. Judge Tanya Chutkan, based in Washington, D.C., scheduled …

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US judge extends block on deportations of Guatemala unaccompanied migrant children

(This September 13 story is repeated without any changes to the text.) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge extended a block on a Trump administration attempt to deport Guatemalan unaccompanied children with active immigration cases, keeping the policy frozenĀ until Tuesday to provide more time to consider the dispute. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, based in …

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UC Berkeley shares information on dozens of students, staff with Trump administration

(This September 12 story is repeated without any changes to the text.) By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The University of California, Berkeley said on Friday it has provided information on 160 faculty members and students to President Donald Trump’s administration as part of a federal investigation into “alleged incidents of antisemitism”, amid a broader …

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Trump administration unlawfully directed mass US worker terminations, judge rules

(This September 13 story is repeated without any changes to the text.) By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal judge ruled on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration had unlawfully directed the firing of thousands of federal workers, but the judge did not order their reinstatement, citing recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions. U.S. District …

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Chicago area residents mourn immigrant fatally shot by ICE agent during arrest attempt

By Renee Hickman and Heather Schlitz FRANKLIN PARK, Illinois (Reuters) – Rudy Repa, a 27-year-old resident of Franklin Park, Illinois, placed a single marigold at a makeshift memorial near the spot where a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a man from Mexico during an attempted arrest in the Chicago suburb. The U.S. …

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Analysis-Trump adopts messenger-in-chief role after Charlie Kirk’s death

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Since the U.S. conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot in a brazen display of violence, President Donald Trump has embraced the role of spokesman in an extraordinary way. Trump was first to confirm the news to a country in shock that Kirk was dead and first to …

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Charlie Kirk shooting suspect not cooperating with authorities, Utah governor says

By James Oliphant and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The man arrested in the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk is not cooperating with authorities, but investigators are working to establish a motive for the shooting by talking to his friends and family, Utah Governor Spencer Cox said on Sunday. Cox said the accused gunman, …

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