By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Harvard said on Saturday the Trump administration was “doubling down” on far-reaching demands on the university despite a published report that government officials had sent a letter spelling out those demands without authorization. The letter from government lawyers, received by Harvard on April 11, was sent before senior officials of …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Friday he had met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the El Salvadoran man mistakenly deported and being held in a prison in El Salvador, at a hotel after initial requests to meet with him were denied. Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, said Abrego Garcia was brought to …
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(Reuters) – A U.S. Justice Department lawyer told a judge on Friday that the Trump administration reserves the right to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members on Saturday. “I’ve spoken with DHS, they are not aware of any current plans for flights tomorrow but I have also been told to say they reserve the right to …
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday to transfer a Tufts University student being held in Louisiana to Vermont while he weighs her claims that U.S. immigration authorities unlawfully arrested her based on her pro-Palestinian advocacy. The decision by U.S. District Judge William Sessions in Burlington marked an …
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By Tim Reid and Ismail Shakil (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his administration is set to change the employment classifications of tens of thousands of federal workers, a move governance experts say will make it easier to carry out more mass layoffs. Trump said on social media that moving forward, career government …
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By Kanishka Singh, David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed on Friday that Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender has been appointed acting Internal Revenue Service commissioner, replacing longtime IRS career official Gary Shapley in the temporary role. Bessent said in a posting on X that “trust must be brought back to the …
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(Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff, Joe Kasper, will leave his role in the coming days for a new position at the agency, Politico reported on Friday, citing a senior administration official. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House launched a COVID-19 website on Friday in which it blamed the origins of the coronavirus on a lab leak in China while criticizing Democratic former President Joe Biden, former top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci and the World Health Organization. The website was …
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(Reuters) -Measles cases rose to a total of 800 patients so far in 2025 as of Thursday in 25 U.S. jurisdictions, including Texas and New Mexico, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday, up from 712 cases reported as of April 10. CDC said there have been 10 reported outbreaks of the …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will impose visa restrictions on more than 250 officials of the Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday, citing human rights abuses. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Ortega’s government has been accused of serious human rights violations and crimes, in …
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