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By David Shepardson and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that broadcasting licenses used by affiliates of Walt Disney’s ABC should be “taken away” after he disagreed with a question posed by a reporter for the network. Trump made the comment after a reporter for ABC News asked Trump about the …

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By David Morgan, Nolan D. McCaskill, Richard Cowan and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress voted almost unanimously on Tuesday to force the release of Justice Department files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an outcome President Donald Trump had fought for months before ending his opposition. Two days after Trump’s …

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(Reuters) -Elon Musk joined a dinner with U.S President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House on Tuesday, the second joint public appearance since a bitter public feud earlier this year. Musk’s attendance could be a sign of reconciliation in a turbulent relationship between the Tesla CEO and the …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The NTSB said on Tuesday a loose wire caused a power failure on the 984-foot cargo ship Dali, leading to its March 2024 collision with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge that killed six construction workers and destroyed the span. The investigation found a single loose wire in the electrical system …

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By Courtney Rozen and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration is close to implementing a rule that would end long-standing legal protections for whistleblowers among senior federal employees, according to documents reviewed by Reuters, prompting backlash from lawyers representing government workers.  The rule, if finalized, would follow Trump’s April proposal to change employment …

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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled charges against eight men accused of belonging to a global network that made tens of millions of dollars trading on inside information about the finances and merger plans of numerous companies for years. Federal prosecutors in Boston said the insider trading scheme ran from 2016 …

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By Jason Lange and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s approval rating fell to 38%, the lowest since his return to power, with Americans unhappy about his handling of the high cost of living and the investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The four-day poll, which concluded …

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(Corrects second paragraph to reflect partnerships with four departments, including State) By Helen Coster (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is taking steps to dismantle the Department of Education, the White House said on Tuesday, as it moves to shrink the federal government’s role in schooling in favor of more control by the states. As …

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