(Reuters) -U.S. FTC commissioner Melissa Holyoak has been appointed interim U.S. attorney for the District of Utah, the Federal Trade Commission said on Monday. Holyoak was appointed by Attorney General Pam Bondi, and her last day as a commissioner was Monday, the FTC said in a statement. Holyoak, the former solicitor general of Utah, was …
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By Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Eight Democratic U.S. senators on Monday asked a congressional watchdog to “promptly” investigate whether Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte misused his authority by making criminal referrals against perceived opponents of President Donald Trump. In a letter sent Monday to the Government Accountability Office, the senators expressed concerns that …
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Grammy-winning rapper Lil Nas X appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday for proceedings related to his August arrest and charges of assaulting police officers. The “Old Town Road” singer had missed a previous court date because he was undergoing inpatient treatment in another state, his lawyers said …
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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will travel domestically before year-end to tout his economic agenda and highlight efforts to improve affordability, and he could make new announcements on lowering health costs in coming days and weeks, a senior White House official said on Monday. Trump is expected to ramp up his …
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Federal agents arrested at least 81 people in Charlotte, North Carolina, this weekend, a senior commander said on Sunday, marking a sharp escalation in the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. Gregory Bovino, the U.S. Border Patrol official who led immigration crackdowns in Los Angeles and Chicago before he arrived in Charlotte …
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By Helen Coster NEW YORK (Reuters) -The number of newly enrolled international students studying at U.S. colleges and universities dropped by 17% this autumn following new restrictions on student visas and other Trump administration policies, according to a report released on Monday. Among the schools citing declines in new enrollments, 96% said visa application concerns …
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(Corrects paragraph 14 to delete reference to former USARC commissioners’ obvious personal or professional lack of connections to the Arctic, adds more information on Nesheiwat’s professional experience) By Gram Slattery WASHNGTON (Reuters) -An Alaska Native official who helped oversee the federal agency in charge of U.S. arctic research policy has quietly departed her post in …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. construction spending unexpectedly rebounded in August, likely lifted by home renovations as higher mortgage rates continued to weigh on single-family homebuilding. The Commerce Department’s Census Bureau said on Monday that construction spending increased 0.2% after an upwardly revised 0.2% gain in July. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast construction spending would ease …
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a defense by President Donald Trump’s administration of the government’s authority to limit the processing of asylum claims at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border. The court took up the administration’s appeal of a lower court’s determination that the “metering” …
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By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged his fellow Republicans in Congress to vote for the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, reversing his earlier resistance to such a move. Trump’s post on his Truth Social came after House Speaker Mike Johnson said earlier …
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