(Reuters) – White House and Treasury Department officials have agreed to prohibit the Department of Government Efficiency team from accessing personal taxpayer data at the Internal Revenue Service, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones; Editing by Caitlin Webber)
(Corrects spelling of former ACIP member’s last name to Duchin in paragraphs 10-11) By Dan Levine and Puyaan Singh (Reuters) – A meeting of U.S. vaccine advisers set for late February has been postponed, a federal official confirmed on Thursday, raising new uncertainty about the Trump administration’s vaccine policy after Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s installation …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson said on Thursday there is “no appetite” for another funding bill for Ukraine, a day after President Donald Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy a “dictator” and warned he must move quickly to secure peace with Russia or risk losing …
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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended a college scholarship program for students from rural and underserved backgrounds who attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), according to the program website. The 1890 scholars program aims to increase the number of agriculture students at the country’s 19 historically Black …
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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Staff at the U.S. farm, environment and interior agencies have been instructed by the Trump administration not to speak with the U.S. Congress, Representative Chellie Pingree said in a letter sent to the agency administrators on Thursday. Pingree, a Democrat, said the disruption in communication strayed from longstanding relationships with …
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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday said it is revising a list of more than 600 energy and other infrastructure projects it had earmarked to be fast-tracked under President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national energy emergency. The Army Corps, a federal engineering service with permitting authority …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration said on Thursday it is opening a review into whether to rescind about $4 billion awarded to California’s High-Speed Rail project. Voters approved $10 billion for the project in 2008 but the costs have risen sharply and President Donald Trump has sharply criticized the effort. The …
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Target was sued on Thursday by the state of Florida for allegedly concealing the risks of diversity and social initiatives that led to a customer backlash and wiped billions of dollars from the retailer’s market value. The securities fraud lawsuit by the State Board of Administration of Florida, an agency overseeing …
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By Leah Douglas, Nathan Layne and Tim Reid (Reuters) -Federal workers fired for alleged poor performance as part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s remaking of the federal government received excellent performance reviews before they were fired, according to interviews and documents seen by Reuters. The discrepancy reflects a potential legal misstep by Elon Musk’s cost-cutting …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt, Tom Hals and Jody Godoy WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Testing the limits of presidential power, Donald Trump this week tightened his grip on U.S. government agencies that for years have taken pride in their independence overseeing such matters as elections, stock markets and labor unrest. Trump’s order on Tuesday was the latest show …
