(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he was withdrawing the nomination of Donald Korb to be assistant general counsel in the Treasury Department. Trump announced his decision in a Truth Social post, without elaborating. (Reporting by Bhargav Acharya and Ismail Shakil; Editing by Leslie Adler)
By Sarah N. Lynch and Brad Heath WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has ordered federal prosecutors to provide examples of “unusual judicial system obstacles” they have faced during criminal or civil proceedings tied to immigration, assaults on law enforcement or “antifa,” according to a government email reviewed by Reuters. The highly unusual request to …
By Karen Sloan (Reuters) -A University of Kentucky law professor sued the university on Thursday, claiming it violated his free speech and due process rights this summer when it removed him from teaching, banned him from campus, and launched an investigation into his criticisms of Israel at academic conferences and in online forums. Ramsi Woodcock …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Commerce Department’s Census Bureau said on Friday it would next week publish August’s construction spending, factory orders and international trade, data that were delayed because of the recently ended shutdown of the federal government. The construction spending report will be published on Monday, with the factory orders data released the following …
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(Corrects paragraph 20 to remove comma and to add “from” for clarity on price change) By Nathan Layne BECKLEY, West Virginia (Reuters) -For Larry Jackson, a Donald Trump-backing Republican hoping to unseat his party’s incumbent in a West Virginia congressional primary next year, the fight in the U.S. Congress over Affordable Care Act subsidies is …
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By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A state prosecutor on Friday said he was taking control of a sprawling criminal case in Georgia accusing U.S. President Donald Trump and several allies of election interference, a move that prolongs the high-profile prosecution but does not fully resolve uncertainty about its future. Peter Skandalakis, director of the Prosecuting …
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By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) -The White House this week held separate meetings with oil refiners and biofuel producers as it seeks to resolve a long-running dispute over billions of gallons of U.S. biofuel-blending requirements that were waived for small refineries, according to four sources familiar with the discussions. The discussions signal the Trump administration is …
By Jason Lange and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Only 29% of Americans support using the U.S. military to kill suspected drug traffickers without a judge or court being involved, a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The six-day poll, which closed on Wednesday as …
By Andrea Shalal and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said on Thursday it will remove tariffs on some foods and other imports from Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala and El Salvador under framework agreements that will give U.S. firms greater access to those markets. The agreements are expected to help lower prices for coffee, bananas …
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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a rare condemnation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and advocated for “meaningful immigration reform.” “We are troubled by threats against the sanctity of houses of worship and the special nature of hospitals and schools,” the bishops said in a …
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