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By Nandita Bose and Doina Chiacu (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would create a White House faith office and direct Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead a task force on eradicating what he called anti-Christian bias within the federal government. Trump delivered remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast at the U.S. …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A key safety system was turned off on the U.S. Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines regional jet last week near Washington’s Reagan Airport, killing 67. Senate Commerce Committee chair Ted Cruz told reporters the Black Hawk helicopter had turned off its automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), which is …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said its 65,000-member workforce is exempt from a Trump administration offer to quit jobs in exchange for pay and benefits through September 30. The TSA screened 904 million passengers in 2024, which was a record high and a 5% increase over 2023. The White House …

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By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders and taken other actions since his inauguration on January 20 to remake and reduce the size of the United States’ 2.2 million-strong federal workforce. The moves include offering buyouts to most government workers, dismissing or reassigning hundreds of officials, removing …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered a brief pause on any public release of the identifies of FBI employees who worked on probes into the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump supporters following a legal challenge by a group of FBI agents. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb …

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By Tom Hals (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department sued the state of Illinois and city of Chicago on Thursday, accusing the Democratic strongholds of unlawfully interfering with Republican President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration and seeking a court order blocking so-called sanctuary laws. Citing a national emergency regarding illegal immigration that Trump declared …

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