(Reuters) -The United States Air Force chief of staff announced on Monday that he planned to retire in the coming months, but did not provide a reason. The announcement by General David Allvin was a surprise, as he will have served just two years out of the typical four-year assignment by the time he retires. …
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By Leah Douglas and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture will no longer support solar and wind projects on productive farmland, said Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in a post on X on Monday. The move is the latest in a series of actions by the administration of President Donald Trump to stall …
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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s approval rating held at 40% in recent weeks, matching the lowest level of his current term, amid weak ratings from Hispanic voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday. The six-day poll was conducted as economic data showed signs the U.S. labor market is weakening …
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By Jarrett Renshaw and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump pledged on Monday to issue an executive order to end the use of mail-in ballots and voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, a move likely to disproportionately favor his Republican Party. Federal elections are administered at the state level, however, and …
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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The administration of President Donald Trump has revoked more than 6,000 student visas for overstays and breaking the law, including a small minority for “support for terrorism,” a State Department official said on Monday. The move, first reported by Fox Digital, comes as the Trump administration has adopted a particularly …
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(Reuters) -Elon Musk’s Starlink was back up for users in the U.S. after a brief outage on Monday, according to tracking website Downdetector.com. The outage eased to over 2,800 users reporting issues with the service as of 2:13 p.m. ET, from its peak of over 43,000 incidents, according to the website, which tracks outages by …
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(Reuters) -The measles outbreak in West Texas has ended, state health officials said on Monday, after meeting the criteria of six weeks since the last reported case. Texas is now shifting focus to vaccination campaigns to strengthen immunity and prevent future outbreaks, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said. The outbreak, which began in …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the accused co-founder of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, is expected to plead guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges, court records showed on Monday. Zambada, who is in his 70s, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Brooklyn on August 25 for a change of plea …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House has dispatched social media teams alongside FBI agents executing arrest warrants in the nation’s capital to generate videos that promote U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime in the District of Columbia, according to two people briefed on the matter. The highly unusual arrangement runs afoul …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York City police reopened Times Square in Midtown Manhattan to vehicles and pedestrians on Monday after a brief closure that followed a call about a suspicious device at West 43rd Street and Seventh Avenue, according to a department spokesperson. For about an hour and a half on Monday morning, the normally …
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