MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s president on Monday hit back at U.S. criticism that her government was not doing enough to combat fentanyl, calling for the United States to do more to arrest drug traffickers on its own turf and stop the flow of weapons south across the border. The comments came after President Donald Trump …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Saturday dropped a case against a Utah doctor accused of falsifying COVID-19 vaccination certificates and destroying more than $28,000 worth of government-provided COVID-19 vaccines. Bondi, in a statement posted on X, said Michael Kirk Moore Jr., of Salt Lake County, Utah did not deserve the jail time …
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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department unit charged with defending against legal challenges to signature Trump administration policies – such as restricting birthright citizenship and slashing funding to Harvard University – has lost nearly two-thirds of its staff, according to a list seen by Reuters. Sixty-nine of the roughly 110 lawyers in …
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By Jaspreet Singh and Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Space startups continued to draw investor dollars in the April-June period, making it the second strongest quarter on record for funding, as increased U.S. defense spending is expected to boost the sector’s prospects, an industry report showed on Monday. Global investments in startups, ranging from early stage to …
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By Nate Raymond and Ted Hesson BOSTON (Reuters) -U.S. immigration officials may deport migrants to countries other than their home nations with as little as six hours’ notice, a top Trump administration official said in a memo, offering a preview of how deportations could ramp up. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will generally wait at …
By Leah Douglas and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal officials on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s escalating campaign to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally, including a California farm raid that left one worker dead, and said the administration would appeal a ruling to halt some of its more aggressive tactics. Trump has vowed to …
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(Adds dropped word ‘Department’ in headline) By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday fired several more Justice Department employees who worked for Special Counsel Jack Smith to investigate President Donald Trump’s retention of classified records and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to five people …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge is standing by her decision to block the implementation of a provision in U.S. President Donald Trump’s recently passed tax and spending bill that would prevent Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving Medicaid funding. The Trump administration on Friday asked U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston …
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(Reuters) -A gunman killed two women at a church in Kentucky and shot and wounded a state trooper outside an airport on Sunday before police were able to shoot him to death, authorities said. The women were killed at the Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington. Two men were also wounded there, including one who …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Sunday he spoke to deputy FBI director Dan Bongino to try to calm an uproar over how the Justice Department handled the probe into the death of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged clientele. Asked by reporters if Bongino remained in his position after reportedly pondering …
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