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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government said on Wednesday it will begin screening the social media of immigrants and visa applicants for what it called antisemitic activity, leading to swift condemnations from rights advocates, including some Jewish ones, who raised free speech and surveillance concerns. President Donald Trump’s administration has attempted to crack …

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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed his latest executive order against a prominent law firm, this time targeting Susman Godfrey, which represents Dominion Voting Systems in defamation cases related to the 2020 U.S. election. Houston-based Susman Godfrey represented the electronic voting machine maker in its case against Fox News, which agreed in 2023 …

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By Richard Cowan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday postponed a planned vote on a measure that would advance President Donald Trump’s tax cut agenda, as some within the party complained that the budget blueprint did not contain enough spending cuts. House Speaker Mike Johnson said he hoped …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Wednesday that the government will seek to deport a man she previously called a leader of the MS-13 gang in the U.S., after prosecutors moved to drop a gun charge against him. Prosecutors on Wednesday did not provide a reason for seeking to dismiss the case …

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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Wednesday for President Donald Trump to remove Democratic members of two federal labor boards for now, putting on hold a pair of judicial orders that had shielded them from dismissal. Chief Justice John Roberts, acting on behalf of the court, halted the …

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(Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to scrap two consumer finance rules adopted under former President Joe Biden that capped bank overdraft fees and gave officials the power to supervise the legal compliance of tech companies’ digital wallets and payment apps. Since similar resolutions have already passed the U.S. Senate, they …

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By Sneha S K (Reuters) -Gene sequencing equipment maker PacBio plans to cut around 120 jobs and lower expenses due to fresh tariffs and reduced funding for federal health agency National Institutes of Health (NIH), it said on Wednesday. The company plans to eliminate about “80 current positions and 40 open or planned positions across …

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By Patricia Zengerle and Andrea Shalal (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday for a review of rules governing exports of military equipment, as he seeks to make it easier for U.S. defense firms to sell their products abroad. “We’re unable to provide weapons systems in a reliable, effective way to …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday barred its attorneys from traveling to or speaking at American Bar Association events, in the latest salvo by President Donald Trump’s administration against the nation’s largest voluntary lawyer group. U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in a memo seen by Reuters said …

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By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration wants the U.N. World Food Programme to modify operations backed by the U.S. in six countries, a State Department spokesperson said on Wednesday, after Washington terminated and then reinstated the assistance. Confirming Reuters reporting that the administration had restored U.S. support for some …

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