By Brad Heath and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Federal tax prosecutions fell to their lowest level in decades this year, declining more than 27% from the year before as the Trump administration cut the ranks of attorneys and agents who pursue those cases, a Reuters examination has found. President Donald Trump’s …
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By Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw MOUNT POCONO, Pennsylvania, Dec 9 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump tried to reassure Americans that the U.S. economy was healthy at a campaign-style rally on Tuesday as Republicans brace for a tough fight to hold control of Congress in next year’s midterm elections. Speaking at a Mount Pocono casino …
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By Nandita Bose MOUNT POCONO, Pennsylvania, Dec 9 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked his treasury secretary to investigate whether his predecessor Joe Biden used an autopen to sign the appointments of some Democratic members of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. “I’m hearing that the autopen could have signed, maybe all …
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 9 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency was only “a little bit successful”, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on a podcast on Tuesday, adding that he would not lead the project again. The billionaire, who is founder of electric car company Tesla, was a major donor to Trump’s …
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By Steve Gorman Dec 9 (Reuters) – Democrat Eileen Higgins became the first member of her party in nearly three decades elected mayor of Miami on Tuesday, defeating a Republican backed by President Donald Trump in a Hispanic-majority city in the heart of his Florida stronghold. CNN and the Associated Press called the election for …
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By Rich McKay Dec 9 (Reuters) – A photo of eight high school students forming a “human swastika” on a California football field went viral online last week, spurring an outcry from the Jewish community and political leaders across Silicon Valley. The social media post showing the students lying on the ground in the shape …
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By Andrew Goudsward and Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Jack Smith, the former U.S. Justice Department special counsel who prosecuted Republican President Donald Trump following his first term in the White House, is teaming up with three other ex-prosecutors to launch a new law firm. Smith is starting the firm with Tim Heaphy, …
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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken’s decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters. The department under Blinken …
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By Nate Raymond Dec 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed two conservative Mississippi Supreme Court justices to serve as federal trial court judges, despite what Democrats called their extreme stances on abortion, LGBTQ rights and sentencing. The Republican-led chamber approved President Donald Trump’s nominees, Robert Chamberlin and James Maxwell, to serve as …
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Dec 9 (Reuters) – A shooting at Kentucky State University on Tuesday left one person dead and another in critical condition, according to police, who said the suspected assailant was taken into custody. Local police in Frankfort, the state capital, and county sheriff’s deputies made the arrest and secured the campus soon after reports of …
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