By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration’s mammoth fiscal legislation will boost economic growth next year, but the impact will be partially undercut by Federal Reserve interest rates kept higher than they would be otherwise, a former top Fed researcher concluded in a new analysis. The federal deficit, meanwhile, will be even larger than …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, but more out of work people are struggling to find new opportunities amid weak hiring. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 220,000 for the week ended November 15, the Labor Department said on Thursday. …
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By David Shepardson and Dawn Chmielewski WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House ratcheted up its attack on ABC News Wednesday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized an ABC News correspondent for asking Saudi Arabia’s crown prince about the 2018 killing of a Washington Post columnist. The fresh critique came as the Federal Communications Commission …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said he will meet New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday in what would be the first meeting of the Republican leader with the democratic socialist who won this month’s mayoral election. Mamdani and Trump have been critical of each other, …
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(Corrects typographical error in word “vote” in headline) By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously on Wednesday to repeal a controversial provision allowing senators to sue federal investigators for $500,000 over unannounced phone record searches, the latest sign of fraying Republican unity 10 months into President Donald Trump’s second …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed new initiatives for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including a program to increase hepatitis B screening for pregnant women, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. The proposals include 16 initiatives that have yet to be formalized, with details to be settled before they …
(Reuters) -A federal grand jury in Florida has indicted U.S. Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick on charges of stealing federal COVID-19 relief funds and directing the money to her 2021 congressional campaign, the U.S. Justice Department said. Representatives for Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democrat, did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. She has previously denied wrongdoing, local …
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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House quietly lobbied senators to slow-walk a vote to force the release of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein even as President Donald Trump publicly insisted his administration had nothing to hide and urged Congress to act, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The effort …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had signed a bill to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington)
(In 4th paragraph corrects to say the ruling was on Monday, not Tuesday) By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday denied that President Donald Trump’s appointed prosecutor who secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey engaged in any misconduct, and asked a federal judge not to force prosecutors …
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