By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When Donald Trump met privately with White House officials on Wednesday, there was little to suggest that the U.S. president was close to a public break with Elon Musk, the billionaire businessman who helped him win a second term in office. Two White House officials familiar with …
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By Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) -The judge overseeing former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault trial refused on Friday to dismiss a juror who said some jurors were treating others on the 12-person panel unfairly. “I just don’t think it’s fair and just,” the juror told New York Supreme Court Justice Curtis …
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By Daniel Trotta and Alexandra C. Sarabia NORTH BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) – The program contained American favorites: pieces by Aaron Copland and George Gershwin and a choral performance of “America the Beautiful” to celebrate WorldPride, a biennial international festival in support of LGBTQ+ rights that this year is taking place in Washington. The International Pride …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sean “Diddy” Combs twice rebuffed a former girlfriend’s requests that male entertainers wear condoms when having sex with her as Combs watched, the woman said on Friday during often tearful testimony at the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking trial. The woman, testifying under the pseudonym Jane to protect her …
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By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -Contraceptives that could help prevent millions of unwanted pregnancies in some of the world’s poorest countries are stuck in warehouses because of U.S. aid cuts and could be destroyed, two aid industry sources and one former government official said. The stock, held in Belgium and Dubai, includes condoms, contraceptive implants, …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to permit it to proceed with dismantling the Department of Education, a move that would leave school policy in the United States almost entirely in the hands of states and local boards. The Justice Department asked the court to halt …
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By Jeff Mason and Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Officials and residents in countries whose citizens will soon be banned from visiting the United States expressed dismay and disbelief on Thursday at President Donald Trump’s new sweeping travel ban as his administration intensifies its immigration crackdown. Trump signed a proclamation on Wednesday barring citizens of 12 countries …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Fentanyl trafficking from Mexico to the United States has fallen around 40% since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday. Trump has cited fentanyl trafficking as a factor in his decision to put tariffs on Mexico, though many shipments are not affected, as they …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -There are no plans for U.S. President Donald Trump to hold a call with Elon Musk on Friday, a White House source with knowledge of the matter said. (Reporting by Nandita Bose, Katharine Jackson; Editing by Aidan Lewis)
By Nate Raymond, Steve Gorman and Daniel Wiessner BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge in Boston on Thursday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump from barring U.S. entry of foreign nationals seeking to study or participate in exchange programs at Harvard University. Under a two-page temporary restraining order granted to Harvard, U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs …
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