(Reuters) – At least seven people died when a medevac plane crashed in Philadelphia on Friday, including six Mexicans aboard the plane and one person who was on the ground, Mexico’s president and Philadelphia’s mayor said on Saturday. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker told a press conference that the person who died on the ground had …
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(Reuters) – A U.S. Senate committee will vote Tuesday on whether to advance President Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, the committee announced Sunday. In contentious confirmation hearings before the Senate Finance Committee last week, Senate Democrats accused Kennedy of being financially vested in …
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By Rory Carroll (Reuters) – The parties leading up to Super Bowl Sunday are as big an attraction as the game itself and this week’s celebrity-filled festivities will look to incorporate the host city’s vibrant music and food scenes. More than 100,000 visitors are expected to descend on New Orleans this week and some of …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A key U.S. pilot messaging system was experiencing a temporary outage, which could lead to flight delays on Sunday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said late on Saturday. The Federal Aviation Administration is working to restore the “Notice to Air Mission” or NOTAM system, Duffy said on X. “There …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dozens of U.S. government workers linked to diversity initiatives but whose jobs are not directly related to diversity, equity and inclusion have been placed on leave after President Donald Trump ordered the elimination of DEI positions, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The Post said its findings suggest some federal agencies may …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, in an unprecedented move, announced late on Friday it would remove four media organizations including the New York Times from their dedicated office spaces in the Pentagon, citing a desire to make room for others. The memo on a “New Annual Media …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Billionaire Elon Musk and his government efficiency team have been given access to the U.S. Treasury Department’s payment system, resolving a days-long standoff, the New York Times reported on Saturday. Musk, who chairs the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency, has been tasked by President Donald Trump to identify fraud and waste in …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON -The Trump administration aims to lower its existing detention standards to encourage more U.S. sheriffs to provide jail space to detain immigrants in the U.S. illegally, Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said on Saturday. Homan said at an annual meeting of the National Sheriffs’ Association in Washington, D.C., that the administration …
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet in Washington on Wednesday was on a training flight along a route core to a seldom-discussed military mission to evacuate senior officials to safety in the event of an attack on the U.S., officials say. The …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The website for the U.S. Agency for International Development appeared to be offline on Saturday, as the Trump administration moves to put the agency under State Department control. A message stating that the “server IP address could not be found” appeared when attempts were made to access the website. Two sources familiar …
