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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Monday it is ordering federal agencies to name chief AI officers and develop strategies for an expansion of the government’s use of artificial intelligence, rescinding Biden-era orders intended to place safeguards on the technology. The Office of Management and Budget directed government agencies to implement …

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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A divided federal appeals court on Monday put on hold an injunction that blocked Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Americans’ private data at the Treasury and Education departments and the Office of Personnel Management. In a 2-1 vote, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed …

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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -The North Carolina Supreme Court on Monday put on hold an appellate court’s decision that gave more than 60,000 voters just 15 days to establish their voting eligibility or have the ballots they cast last fall in a close race for a seat on the state’s high court thrown out. …

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By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune indicated on Monday that his chamber is unlikely to impede the implementation of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs. “I expected some turbulence in the stock market, I think everybody did. This was a change in policy, a consequential one, but I think we …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department dispatched armed U.S. marshals to deliver a letter warning a fired career pardon attorney about testifying to congressional Democrats, her lawyer said in a letter seen by Reuters on Monday. “This highly unusual step of directing armed law enforcement officers to the home of …

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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House economic adviser Stephen Miran on Monday encouraged countries hoping to escape high reciprocal U.S. tariff rates to make offers to President Donald Trump, saying the president would welcome moves to lower barriers to U.S. exports. Miran told an event hosted by the Hudson Institute think tank that …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The state of Maine on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to freeze federal funding for education programs in the state over its refusal to ban transgender women from sports. The lawsuit came days after USDA announced the freeze, one of several actions President Donald Trump’s …

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By Daniel Wiessner and Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A federal appeals court blocked U.S. President Donald Trump from removing Democratic members from two federal labor boards on Monday, setting aside its earlier ruling. The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit further complicates a pair of cases that are emerging …

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