By Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Monday that aimed to limit no-cash bail in the nation’s capital and threatened to revoke federal funding for other jurisdictions that use it, part of a White House effort to push crime-fighting to the top of the national agenda. …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Monday indicated it would appeal a judge’s ruling barring Alina Habba, a former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, from supervising federal cases as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor. Chief U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann of the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Thursday found that Habba was unlawfully …
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By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A U.S. railroad industry plan to rely more heavily on technology instead of humans to conduct routine track safety inspections has drawn a backlash from labor groups and lawmakers who voiced worry that automated inspections will result in more accidents. The dispute reflects simmering tensions in the global transport …
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By Idrees Ali (Reuters) -U.S. National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington D.C. as part of what President Donald Trump said was his crackdown on crime will begin carrying weapons on Sunday night, two officials said. The exact number of troops who would carry their weapons was fluid, but they will either carry their …
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(This Aug 23 story was refiled without any changes to text.) By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -The Texas Senate approved a bill early on Saturday to redraw the state’s congressional maps at the behest of President Donald Trump in an effort to flip five U.S. House seats held by Democrats to Republicans. The approval comes after …
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(This Aug 22 story was refiled without any changes to text.) By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Lyle Menendez, imprisoned 35 years with his brother Erik for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents at their Beverly Hills home, was denied parole on Friday, a day after the same decision was rendered against his younger …
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(This Aug 22 story was refiled without any changes to text.) By Dietrich Knauth and Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge on Friday blocked Donald Trump’s administration from withholding federal funding from more than 30 so-called sanctuary jurisdictions including Los Angeles, Baltimore, Boston and Chicago that have declined to cooperate with the Republican president’s …
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By Cassandra Garrison, Tom Polansek and Leah Douglas BUENOS AIRES/CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, from an outbreak-affected country. The case, investigated by the Maryland Department of Health and the U.S. Centers …
(Corrects reference to Trump’s performance with Hispanic voters in 2024 election, paragraph 20) By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s push for Republican-led states to redraw their U.S. House of Representatives districts to protect their majority in next year’s midterm elections could set the stage for Republicans to dominate the chamber in decades to come, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon is working on plans to deploy the U.S. military to Chicago as President Donald Trump says he is cracking down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The Defense Department planning, in the works for weeks, involves several options, including mobilizing at least a few thousand …
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