By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives late on Tuesday advanced President Donald Trump’s tax-cut and border security agenda, delivering a major boost to his 2025 priorities. The vote on passage was 217-215 with Representative Thomas Massie, a prominent fiscal hawk, as a lone Republican voting in opposition, and no …
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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Representative Byron Donalds on Tuesday announced he will run to be the next governor of his home state of Florida. “I was able to serve four years in the state legislature, four years in Congress. And I think now is the time to now take the mantle …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Tuesday it would decide which media organizations participate in the press pool that covers the president, wresting control away from the group of journalists that has done so for decades. Karoline Leavitt, President Donald Trump’s spokeswoman, said that while traditional media organizations would still be allowed to …
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(Reuters) – U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff could travel to the Middle East on Sunday if negotiations on the next stage of the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas go well, Axios reporter Barak Ravid reported on X on Tuesday. The U.S. Middle East envoy told an American Jewish Committee event that an Israeli delegation …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The mother of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy killed in October 2023 in Illinois in a stabbing that authorities called a hate crime testified on Tuesday that her son’s alleged attacker said they must die because they were Muslims. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The trial began on Tuesday for a …
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday sided for now with President Donald Trump’s media company in a dispute over whether a top Brazilian judge illegally censored right-wing voices on social media in the United States. In a case brought by Trump Media & Technology Group and the video-sharing platform Rumble, U.S. …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday extended an order blocking President Donald Trump’s administration from instituting a sweeping freeze on trillions of dollars in federal funding by pausing grants, loans and other financial support. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan in Washington wrote that while some funds had become unfrozen since she …
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By Alexandra Alper, Nathan Layne, Tim Reid and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal workers faced fresh uncertainty about their futures on Tuesday after Elon Musk gave them “another chance” to respond to his ultimatum that they justify their jobs or risk termination, contradicting guidance from some Trump administration officials that the request was voluntary. …
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By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives’ select committee on China warned on Tuesday that Beijing may try to exert leverage with Elon Musk in a bid to win favorable U.S. policies, and that Washington must counter any such effort. Republican committee chair …
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By Jack Queen (Reuters) – A U.S. teachers union on Tuesday sued to block a Trump administration policy that would withhold federal funds from schools that teach lessons about systemic racism and other so-called diversity, equity and inclusion topics. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Maryland by the American Federation of Teachers and the …
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