By Erin Banco NEW YORK (Reuters) – Elon Musk, who is leading the Trump administration’s effort to cut and streamline the federal government’s workforce, visited the National Security Agency on Wednesday to meet with the NSA’s head, a spokesperson for the agency told Reuters. Musk, a billionaire top adviser to President Donald Trump, is helping …
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(Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Representative Raúl Grijalva, who represented Arizona for more than 20 years, died on Thursday at the age of 77 due to complications from cancer treatments, his office said in a statement. “More than two decades ago, Rep. Grijalva embarked on a journey to be a voice for Southern Arizonans in Washington, …
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(Reuters) -The Trump administration approved a plan to expand a Montana coal mine and extend its life by 16 years, the Interior Department said on Thursday, a move aligned with President Donald Trump’s goal to increase U.S. fossil fuel production. The Spring Creek Mine in Big Horn County is operated by the Navajo Transitional Energy …
By Ahmed Aboulenein, Julie Steenhuysen and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House withdrew President Donald Trump’s nomination of former Republican congressman and vaccine critic Dave Weldon to serve as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a surprise move that came shortly before his scheduled Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday. …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The largest federal employee union filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block President Donald Trump’s administration from ending collective bargaining for nearly 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers that staff checkpoints at U.S. airports and other transportation hubs. The American Federation of Government Employees filed a lawsuit in Seattle, Washington, federal …
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(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump would like to waive taxes for Americans earning under $150,000 once he balances the budget, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Fox News on Thursday. “It’s aspirational,” he said on ‘The Story with Martha MacCallum’. (Reporting by Costas Pitas)
By Nathan Layne, Alexandra Alper and Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The potential scale of President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the U.S. federal government could become clearer on Thursday, the deadline for government agencies to submit plans for a second wave of mass layoffs and to slash their budgets. Trump’s efforts to fire government workers, however, …
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By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. Senate will ask the Department of Agriculture to reverse the cancellation of programs that have funneled more than $2 billion for local food purchases to schools and food banks, according to a copy of a letter seen by Reuters. The cancellation of the local food purchasing programs …
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By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to confirm William Pulte to serve as the next director of the regulator charged with overseeing housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. By a vote of 56 to 43, the Senate confirmed Pulte’s nomination, clearing the way for him to lead the Federal …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Detained pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil asked a federal court on Thursday to block Columbia University from sharing student disciplinary records from campus protests with a Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives committee. Separately, Khalil’s lawyers have asked a federal judge to release him from immigration detention in Louisiana, arguing that …
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