By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – President Donald Trump recently ordered federal agencies not to enforce laws that prohibit policies and practices with discriminatory impacts that are often unintended. Curbing so-called “disparate impact” liability, which is common in employment-related cases, removes a critical tool the government has used for decades to also police discrimination in housing, …
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) -Multiple Olympic swimming champion Gary Hall Jr. received replicas of his 10 Olympic medals on Monday after the originals were destroyed during the Los Angeles wildfires in January. The medals were presented to him by International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach during a ceremony at the Games ruling body’s headquarters in Lausanne. …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump plans to announce on Monday that Washington, D.C., will host the 2027 NFL draft, Axios reported on Sunday. Axios added, citing two sources, that the announcement is expected to be made with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris at the White House. Trump has …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The unofficial version of Signal used by Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has been hacked, tech site 404 Media said Sunday, raising further concern over the security of the communications exchanged at the highest levels of the U.S. government. 404 Media said the hacker exploited a vulnerability in TeleMessage, a …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Stephen Miller, his deputy chief of staff, was a frontrunner to be potentially named as national security adviser following the departure of Mike Waltz. Trump ousted Waltz on Thursday and named Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the position on an interim basis. While U.S. officials …
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By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik said on Sunday that she is “strongly considering” running for governor of New York next year, potentially pitting her against incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul. “New Yorkers, not just Republicans, but independents and Democrats as well, are yearning for a new generation of leadership to bring …
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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said he will not remove Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Board chairman before his term ends in May 2026 while describing the central banker as “a total stiff” and repeating calls for the Fed to lower interest rates. Trump insisted that his moves to upend the …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Saturday blocked a ruling that had ordered the Trump administration to return more than 1,000 Voice of America employees back to work. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth on April 22 ordered the administration to “take all necessary steps” to restore employees and contractors to …
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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -A Guatemalan migrant who crossed the US border eight months pregnant and gave birth in Arizona has avoided fast-track deportation after intervention by the state’s governor, her lawyer and a federal official said on Saturday. The 24-year-old woman gained public attention after lawyer Luis Campos said federal agents denied him access …
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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Saturday signed a law making more than 5 million students eligible to use state funds for private schools, a watershed moment in the conservative campaign to remake public education in America. Texas is allocating $1 billion for the first two years of the program to offer parents …
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