WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will make an “investment announcement” at 1:30 p.m./1830 GMT on Monday, the White House said without offering any other details. Representatives for the White House could not be immediately reached for comment on the planned announcement, which was included on the president’s daily schedule. (Reporting by Susan Heavey; …
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By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) – For the first time in four generations, the Raines family didn’t plant a single cotton seed last year. Chad Raines parked his tractor and rented out most of his Texas farmland to a neighbor. Instead of plowing fields, Raines spent the year ferrying his flock of sheep to solar …
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By Brad Brooks and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -An Illinois jury on Friday found a man guilty of murder and hate crime charges for an October 2023 stabbing that killed a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and severely wounded his mother, according to court documents. Joseph Czuba, 73, faces life in prison when he is sentenced in …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. civil rights group on Saturday sued to block the Trump administration from potentially transferring 10 migrants from the U.S. to a naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detailing harsh conditions and suicide attempts among migrants held there. The American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the lawsuit in federal …
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(Reuters) -U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Sunday that tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go into effect on Tuesday, but that President Donald Trump will determine whether to stick with the planned 25% level. “That is a fluid situation,” Lutnick told the Fox News program “Sunday Morning Futures.” “There are going to be …
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Andrew Cuomo announced on Saturday he is running to become mayor of New York City, more than three years after he resigned in disgrace as governor of New York after being accused of sexually harassing a number of women who worked for him and misleading the public about COVID-19 deaths. Cuomo, 67, …
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Kieran Culkin won the best supporting actor Oscar on Sunday for playing a motor-mouthed American tourist in “A Real Pain.” A star of the HBO program “Succession,” Culkin was a heavy favorite to win after sweeping BAFTA, Critic’s Choice, Golden Globe and SAG awards for the movie, which is about two …
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By Katharine Jackson and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday that he wants to pass a “clean” stopgap funding measure to keep federal agencies operating at current spending levels through September and leave proposed cuts for legislation for the next fiscal year. During a series of television appearances, Johnson …
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(This March 1 story has been corrected to say Rose admitted to filing false tax returns, not that he was not convicted of a crime, in paragraph 5) (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would pardon baseball great Pete Rose, criticizing Major League Baseball for barring the all-time hit champion from …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A controversial plan by U.S. Senate Republicans to make President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent by ignoring the cost to the deficit is raising warnings from party fiscal hawks and independent analysts of a potential “debt spiral” that could undermine economic growth. Top Senate Republicans, including Majority Leader John …
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