By Renee Hickman (Reuters) -Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lowered a raw Thanksgiving turkey into a bubbling pot of cooking fat in a video posted to social media last November. “This is how we cook the MAHA way,” said Kennedy, who the Senate confirmed as head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Treasury Department’s inspector general said on Friday it began an audit of security controls for the U.S. government’s payment system, the Associated Press reported, after Democratic senators expressed concern about the access given to President Donald Trump’s aide Elon Musk and his staff. Citing a letter it obtained from Loren J. …
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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Newly confirmed U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Friday morning that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team has been operating at the agency for “a few weeks” and that she welcomed their efforts. Rollins was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday. Speaking at an event at the U.S. …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s broad assertions of power appear to be advancing an aggressive version of a legal doctrine called the “unitary executive” theory that envisions vast executive authority for a president, setting up potential U.S. Supreme Court showdowns. The conservative theory’s advocates argue that Article II of the U.S. Constitution, …
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By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek (Reuters) – The Trump administration has disrupted the U.S. response to bird flu as the outbreak worsens, leading to confusion and concern among federal staff, state officials, veterinarians and health experts, 11 sources told Reuters. Since U.S. President Donald Trump took office on January 20, two federal agencies responsible …
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By Brad Heath and Mike Spector WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s early actions in office have in many cases expanded upon proposals from Project 2025’s conservative policy blueprint that the Republican tried to distance himself from on the campaign trail, a Reuters review found. From actions halting U.S. aid abroad to fortifying the …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Danielle Sassoon’s college newspaper asked her two decades ago for three words she would use to describe herself, the first word the future lawyer said was “independent.” On Thursday, Sassoon demonstrated that independence when she resigned as Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor rather than comply with an order …
By Andrea Shalal, David Lawder and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has tasked his economics team with devising plans for reciprocal tariffs on every country that taxes U.S. imports, raising the risk of a global trade war with American friends and foes. “On trade, I have decided for purposes of fairness, that …
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By Luc Cohen and Sarah N. Lynch NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Six senior Justice Department officials, including Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor, resigned on Thursday rather than comply with an order to dismiss corruption charges against New York City’s mayor, according to internal Justice Department letters seen by Reuters and people familiar with the matter. The departures …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Air Force plane carrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Munich was forced to return to Washington on Thursday after experiencing a mechanical problem, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said. “The Secretary intends to continue his travel to Germany and the Middle East on a separate aircraft,” Bruce said in …
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