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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. congressional leaders will push legislation this week to “prevent unlawful meddling” by the newly created Department of Government Efficiency in the Treasury Department payment system, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday. Billionaire Elon Musk chairs the informal DOGE group, which was tasked by President Donald Trump to identify fraud …

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By Jeff Mason and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the United Nations on Tuesday as “not being well run,” although he said it has potential, while he stopped U.S. engagement with the U.N. Human Rights Council, extended a halt to funding for the Palestinian relief agency UNRWA and ordered a review …

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By Daphne Psaledakis and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration has appointed to serve as the top public diplomacy official at the State Department a former speech writer for President Donald Trump with a history of doubts over U.S. foreign policy towards Taiwan and inflammatory comments on women and minorities, at one point saying …

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By Gabriella Borter and Stephanie Kelly WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, a doctor who had expressed wariness about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine views, cleared the path on Tuesday for Kennedy to become the top health official in President Donald Trump’s administration. A Louisiana lawmaker who spent decades working in public health, …

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By Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart and Luc Cohen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Tuesday asked lawyers for President Donald Trump’s administration to ensure six military members who sued to stop an executive order targeting transgender troops are not removed from service before further court proceedings are held. Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order said individuals …

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By Ahmed Aboulenein and Stephanie Kelly WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary, moved closer to securing the top health job on Tuesday after winning a senior Republican senator’s backing with pledges to protect existing vaccination programs. Kennedy made the pledges to Senator Bill Cassidy, a member of …

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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -Families of transgender children on Tuesday asked a federal court to block U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to end all federal funding or support for healthcare that aids gender transitions for people younger than 19. In a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration in Maryland federal court, the families, who are …

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