By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A dozen students in U.S. Defense Department schools sued the department and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday for book removals and curriculum changes following executive orders from President Donald Trump, an advocacy group said. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A U.S. judge blocked President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday from freezing billions of dollars in grants Congress authorized under climate investment and infrastructure laws of his Democratic predecessor, former President Joe Biden. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy in Providence, Rhode Island, issued an injunction at the behest of environmental groups …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Tuesday that he planned to roll out a new program offering money for immigrants in the country illegally to leave voluntarily. Trump said such a “self-deportation program” would include some financial assistance and the prospect of re-entering the country later legally. “We’re going …
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By Nathan Layne and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 22,000 employees at the tax-collecting Internal Revenue Service have accepted the Trump administration’s latest buyout offer, two agency sources said on Tuesday. The move this month, called a deferred resignation program, offers workers full pay and benefits until September 30, with most being told …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that the White House said directed his administration to simplify and streamline the Federal Acquisition Regulation, which governs federal procurement. “The Order directs his administration to simplify and streamline the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which governs Federal procurement, to ensure it contains …
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(Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order directing his administration to prioritize the procurement of commercially-available products and services rather than non-commercial, custom products or services, the White House said. The order directs agency contracting officers to review all pending contracts for non-commercial products or services within 60 days and submit …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum aimed at stopping undocumented immigrants and other ineligible people from obtaining Social Security Act benefits, the White House said. Some undocumented workers obtain jobs by using fake or borrowed Social Security numbers and pay into Social Security, but are not eligible to receive social …
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By Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jury selection began on Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein’s new trial on rape and sexual assault charges in Manhattan, a year after a state appeals court overturned the former movie mogul’s 2020 conviction. Weinstein, 73, faces one rape count and two criminal sexual act counts in the jury trial, with …
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By Mike Scarcella, David Thomas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday blocked most of Donald Trump’s executive order targeting law firm Susman Godfrey, part of the Republican U.S. president’s campaign against the legal industry, and lamented that other firms have been “capitulating” to what she called his coercion and abuse of power. Washington-based U.S. …
(Reuters) -The Trump administration announced an emergency transfer of nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border to the Army to help prevent illegal immigration, the Interior Department said on Tuesday. The move is part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown. He declared illegal immigration a national emergency in January and tasked …
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