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Trump administration disbands two expert panels on economic data

5 Mar 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has disbanded two expert committees that worked with the government to produce economic statistics, potentially affecting the quality of data. The terminations by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick were effective February 28 and communicated on Tuesday via email to one of the panels, the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory …

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Democratic lawmaker removed from Trump speech to Congress

5 Mar 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered Democratic lawmaker Al Green removed from the House chamber during President Donald Trump’s address to Congress, saying he violated decorum by standing during the speech. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh; Editing by Scott Malone)

Trump signaled privately he will stick with tariffs, New York Times reports

5 Mar 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has signaled privately that he is going to stick with tariffs, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said earlier in the day that Trump may reach a middle ground with Canada and Mexico on tariffs. Trump’s 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico …

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Washington mayor says Black Lives Matter Plaza near White House to be redesigned

5 Mar 2025

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Tuesday the Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House will be redesigned as part of a new mural project after threats by Republicans to cut transportation funding if the plaza was not renamed. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Republican U.S. Representative Andrew Clyde introduced …

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US commerce chief says Trump to meet Canada, Mexico in middle on tariffs

5 Mar 2025

By Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Fox Business on Tuesday that President Donald Trump will reach a middle ground with Canada and Mexico on tariffs and an announcement to that effect was expected on Wednesday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Trump’s new 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and …

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Factbox-Democrats, Republicans seek spotlight with guests at Trump’s address to Congress

5 Mar 2025

(Reuters) -Democratic and Republican lawmakers aim to put the spotlight on their view of America’s main issues with the guests they invite to President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night address to a joint session of Congress. The speech is due to begin at 9:10 p.m. ET (0210 GMT on Wednesday). Democrats’ choices are intended to focus …

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Trump cannot oust chair of federal employees’ appeal board, US judge rules

5 Mar 2025

By Mike Scarcella and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Republican U.S. President Donald Trump from firing the Democratic chair of a U.S. agency that hears appeals by federal government employees when they are fired or disciplined. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras in Washington, D.C., ruled that Trump could not remove …

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US lists Department of Justice, FBI buildings in Washington for possible sale

5 Mar 2025

By Andy Sullivan and Tim Reid WASHINGTON -President Donald Trump’s administration said on Tuesday it was considering selling some of the U.S. government’s most iconic properties, including the headquarters of the Department of Justice, the FBI and the building that once housed Trump’s luxury hotel. The General Services Administration, which manages federal properties, said it …

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Trump threatens funding cut to colleges allowing ‘illegal protests’

5 Mar 2025

By Kanishka Singh and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said he wanted to cut the federal funding of colleges that allow what he called “illegal protests” in a social media post that civil rights groups called an attack on the freedoms of speech and assembly. The post on Tuesday appeared to repeat some …

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US Supreme Court reins in EPA power to police water pollution discharge

4 Mar 2025

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the Environmental Protection Agency in a ruling on Tuesday involving a wastewater treatment facility owned by the city of San Francisco that could make it harder for regulators to police water pollution. The justices, in a 5-4 decision, ruled that the …

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