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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Donald Trump can – for now – remove Democratic members from two federal labor boards, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday, handing the Republican president a victory in his efforts to bring independent federal agencies under his control. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -In a policy reversal in line with President Donald Trump’s views, the U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race as a factor in admissions as the elite military school had long done to raise its enrollment of Black, Hispanic and other minorities. The change was disclosed on Friday in a …

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By Chris Prentice and Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is beginning to bring on officials with billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to an email sent on Friday to department staff. SEC staff were informed that the DOGE task force had contacted the regulator, and that they would …

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By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Allen NEWARK, New Jersey – Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil will remain behind bars in Louisiana at least until a U.S. judge decides whether the Palestinian activist should challenge his imprisonment in a federal court there or in New Jersey. President Donald Trump’s administration argues that Khalil’s challenge should be …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it was making it easier for airplane owners to keep information private like their name and address after Congress approved legislation over privacy concerns. The FAA said that starting on Friday, private aircraft owners and operators can electronically request that the agency withhold …

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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON – A U.S. federal judge on Friday extended his temporary halt to President Donald Trump’s use of a 200-year-old wartime law to expel alleged Venezuelan gang members, dealing a setback to the Republican president’s push to speed up the deportations. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s temporary restraining order will put Trump’s …

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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending rebounded less than expected in February while a measure of underlying prices increased by the most in 13 months, stoking fears the economy was facing a period of tepid growth and high inflation amid an escalation in trade tensions. Those concerns were reinforced by a survey …

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By James Oliphant, Steve Holland (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered that “improper, divisive or anti-American ideology” be removed from the Smithsonian Institution, the vast museum and research complex that is a premier exhibition space for U.S. history and culture. The Republican president, in an executive order, directed that Vice President JD Vance undertake …

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(Reuters) -Trevor Milton, the founder of bankrupt electric and hydrogen-powered truck maker Nikola who was convicted of fraud, has been pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump, Milton said in a social media post on Thursday. Milton was sentenced to four years in prison in 2023 after a jury found him guilty of lying to investors …

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