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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -After weeks of refusing to answer the question, the White House on Tuesday revealed the identity of the Department of Government Efficiency’s acting administrator, a little known former healthcare technology consultant named Amy Gleason. The Trump administration has been repeatedly pressed to name the individual formally in charge of DOGE …

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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Missouri woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a scheme to defraud the family of Elvis Presley of millions of dollars and steal their ownership interest in Presley’s Graceland estate, the Department of Justice said. The DOJ said Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, organized a scheme to conduct a fraudulent …

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By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an order suspending security clearances for lawyers representing former Special Counsel Jack Smith and seeking to limit the U.S. government’s business with their law firm, Covington & Burling. Smith led two since-dismissed federal criminal cases against Trump accusing him of plotting to overturn …

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NEW YORK (Reuters) -Democratic commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero said in a statement that she plans to step down from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission after Trump appointee Brian Quintenz is confirmed to lead the agency. Trump earlier this month nominated Quintenz, a former commissioner and crypto proponent, to replace Goldsmith Romero, who joined the five-person …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted the Keystone XL Pipeline built and pledged easy regulatory approvals for the crude oil project, which was opposed for years by environmentalists before its permit was revoked by the Biden administration. The $9 billion pipeline was first proposed in …

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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday night, saying there was no sign that it had taken any steps to comply with his earlier order that the administration’s freeze on the …

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