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US team investigating foreign bribery dwindles, sources say

By Andrew Goudsward, Sarah N. Lynch and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department’s team dedicated to investigating allegations of foreign bribery has dwindled as President Donald Trump’s administration reviews its enforcement of a decades-old law aimed at preventing corruption, according to three people familiar with the matter. The DOJ’s Fraud Section unit tasked …

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Musk’s father says Trump dispute triggered by intense stress, has to end

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -The dispute between Donald Trump and Elon Musk was triggered by months of intense stress on both sides, and the public battle between the U.S. president and the billionaire donor needs to stop, Musk’s father told Reuters on Monday. Trump and Musk began exchanging insults last week on social media, …

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California governor calls Trump National Guard deployment in LA unlawful

By Jorge Garcia and Arafat Barbakh LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -California National Guard troops were deployed to the streets of Los Angeles on Sunday to help quell a third day of protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement, a step the state’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, called unlawful. Police were making more arrests after at least …

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Los Angeles wildfires were 10 times bigger than utility’s AI forecast

By Tim McLaughlin and Laila Kearney (Reuters) -Southern California Edison’s internal wildfire forecasts underestimated the potential size of the Eaton Canyon fire in Los Angeles by a factor of ten in the days leading up to a deadly conflagration in January, according to documents reviewed by Reuters. The miss suggests potential weaknesses in the utility’s …

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US judge approves settlement allowing NCAA schools to pay athletes

By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday granted final approval to a $2.8 billion settlement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association that will allow schools for the first time to compensate student athletes for past and future commercial use of their names, images and likenesses. The settlement, approved in a ruling by U.S. …

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Trump deploys National Guard as Los Angeles protests against immigration agents continue

By Omar Younis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration said it would deploy 2,000 National Guard troops on Saturday as federal agents in Los Angeles faced off against a few hundred demonstrators during a second day of protests following immigration raids. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that the Pentagon was prepared to mobilize active-duty …

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US troops make first detentions in Trump border military zones

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -U.S. troops have made their first detentions inside military areas set up on the U.S.-Mexico border as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, the U.S. Army said. The unprecedented military areas along 260 miles (418 km) of border in New Mexico and Texas were declared extensions of U.S. …

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Political divide widens as Trump deploys National Guard to Los Angeles

(Updates dateline) (Reuters) -Republicans and Democrats traded barbs on Sunday after President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles amid massive protests against increasing and divisive immigration raids. “Important to remember that Trump isn’t trying to heal or keep the peace. He is looking to inflame and divide,” Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said …

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With rage and humor, WorldPride rally takes aim at Trump in Washington

By Daniel Trotta WASHINGTON (Reuters) -LGBTQ+ people and their allies gathered on Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, site of Martin Luther King’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech, to rally for preserving decades of progress while protesting setbacks under President Donald Trump. After the festive nature of a parade on Saturday through the …

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