By Pete Schroeder and Patrick Wingrove WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. regulator charged with monitoring large national banks told staff on Friday it was firing 76 probationary employees, making it the latest agency to join the Trump administration’s push to cut federal workers. Staff at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency were notified …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to put more than 2,000 U.S. Agency for International Development workers on leave, a setback for government employee unions that are suing over what they have called an effort to dismantle the foreign aid agency. U.S. District Judge …
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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate confirmed Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, on Thursday, putting a Trump loyalist atop the nation’s most prominent law enforcement agency at a time of growing upheaval. Patel was confirmed by a 51-49 vote. Two moderate Republicans, Senators Susan Collins of Maine and …
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By Brad Brooks and Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said on Friday he opposes a new trial for Lyle and Erik Menendez after 35 years in prison for the shotgun murder of their parents. Hochman, in a press conference, also cast doubt on whether the Menendez brothers had been …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s top official at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been reassigned as arrests and deportations have lagged expectations, a senior Trump official and two other sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. The official, Caleb Vitello, was in the role in an acting capacity …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Friday it would start firing about 5,400 civilian employees who were on probation, the first moves by President Donald Trump’s administration at the department to make good on its promise to reduce the federal workforce. “We expect approximately 5,400 probationary workers will be released beginning next week as …
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By Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) -Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she removed Fire Chief Kristin Crowley for her handling of the wildfires in January that killed more than two dozen people and destroyed or damaged more than 16,000 structures, charring an area bigger than Paris. Bass said Crowley sent home 1,000 firefighters on the day …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge extended an order on Friday blocking President Donald Trump’s administration from slashing grant funding for scientific research that could devastate the budgets of thousands of universities and research institutions while she considers whether the National Institutes of Health’s new policy is unlawful. Although she did not …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported that measles cases so far this year had jumped to 93 from 14 a week ago, mainly driven by an outbreak in Texas. An outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, where cases have now risen to 57 from 22 on February 11, has …
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By Bhanvi Satija and Christy Santhosh (Reuters) – A two-day meeting aimed at raising awareness among policymakers and public about rare diseases scheduled for the end of the month has been postponed, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s website showed on Friday. This is the second event deferred by a health agency in the first …
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