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By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. Senate are calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to turn to them to make his proposed government spending cuts official in law, rather than unilaterally withholding funds as he has been doing. Ten Republican Senators representing a broad swath of the party said in interviews they …

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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The administration of President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit claiming that dozens of labor contracts between unions and federal agencies are invalid because they impede Trump’s abilities to purge the federal workforce and protect national security. The departments of Defense, Justice, Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs and four other agencies sued in …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to preserve messages sent on the Signal messaging app discussing attack plans against the Houthis in Yemen that became public after they were inadvertently shared with a journalist. The order from U.S. District Judge James Boasberg requires federal agencies whose …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The University of Michigan – long seen as a bastion of diversity, equity and inclusion programs – said on Thursday it was closing its DEI office, citing executive orders from President Donald Trump and a warning from the federal Education Department. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Since taking office on January …

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By Humeyra Pamuk GEORGETOWN (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday the State Department may have revoked more than 300 visas and warned that the Trump administration was looking every day for “these lunatics” after Washington this week detained and revoked the visa of a Turkish student at Tufts University. Rubio’s comments were in …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said on Thursday he would force votes next week on resolutions that would block $8.8 billion in arms sales to Israel, citing the human rights crisis faced by Palestinians in Gaza after Israel’s bombardment of the enclave and its suspension of aid deliveries. “(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu …

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By Nathan Layne and Costas Pitas (Reuters) -Tech billionaire Elon Musk, whom U.S. President Donald Trump has tapped to shrink the government, said on Thursday he would finish most of the work to cut $1 trillion in federal spending when his tenure ends in as soon as 64 days. Musk told Fox News’ “Special Report …

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By David Thomas and Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Thursday targeting law firm WilmerHale, the fifth time the president has taken aim at a major firm with connections to his legal or political adversaries. The proclamation cited WilmerHale’s ties to Robert Mueller, the former U.S. special counsel who …

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By Jeff Mason and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had withdrawn his pick to be ambassador to the United Nations because the Republicans need to maintain their slim majority in the House of Representatives to advance his “America First” agenda. Republican Representative Elise Stefanik is a close Trump …

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