(Corrects paragraphs 1-2 to say orders were published on Tuesday, not Wednesday) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top U.S. watchdog agency for consumer finance this week canceled a $95 million settlement reached last year with Navy Federal Credit Union, a lender officials in the prior administration had accused of illegally charging surprise overdraft fees, according to an …
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -An electric vehicle advocacy group on Tuesday urged the U.S. House to revise a bill passed by the Senate that would end the $7,500 tax credit on new electric vehicle sales and leases on September 30, as well as the $4,000 tax credit for used EVs. The Electrification Coalition said killing …
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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate’s massive budget bill that passed on Tuesday will make it harder to develop wind and solar energy projects, despite the removal of some contentious provisions, industry advocates and lawmakers said. The Senate dropped a proposed excise tax on solar and wind energy projects that don’t meet strict …
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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -A pro-Palestinian Georgetown University student from India, detained by President Donald Trump’s administration but then released on a judge’s order, can remain free while fighting deportation efforts, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against the …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -The New York City Election board on Tuesday confirmed a stunning victory by mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary, clearing the way for the political upstart to be the party’s nominee for the November mayoral election. The ranked-choice voting results released on Tuesday showed Mamdani, who started his campaign as …
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(Reuters) -The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it was looking into whether CNN could be prosecuted over its report on an Apple iPhone app that alerts users to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in their area. The cable news network said its reporting was not illegal. The app ICEBlock is the third most popular …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with plans to overhaul the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by reorganizing several of its agencies and substantially cutting their workforce. U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose in Providence, Rhode Island, issued an injunction at the behest of …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to pass a wide-ranging tax-cut and spending bill sought by President Donald Trump, which would cut Medicaid healthcare and food assistance programs for the poor and disabled. Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate. (Reporting by Richard Cowan; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
(Reuters) -Jimmy Swaggart, who was one of America’s most influential televangelists in the 1980s before an affair with a prostitute brought his career crashing down, has died at the age of 90. Jimmy Swaggart Ministries confirmed his death on Facebook and his family thanked medical staff at Baton Rouge General Medical Center in Louisiana. It …
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By Jeff Mason, Daniel Wiessner and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s team is moving quickly to challenge injunctions that thwarted implementation of his policies on social issues and firing federal workers after the Supreme Court limited lower courts’ powers to block them. Friday’s ruling was widely viewed as a victory for the …
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