By Chris Kirkham, Judith Langowski and Peter Henderson LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Seven years before wildfires tore through opposite ends of the Los Angeles area, the Tubbs Fire in Northern California’s Sonoma County jumped a six-lane freeway and decimated Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park subdivision, a suburban enclave similar to Pacific Palisades and Altadena. The fire …
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Elon Musk asked a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action by voters who said the world’s richest person defrauded them into signing a petition to support the U.S. Constitution for a chance to win his $1 million-a-day giveaway. In a late Friday filing in the Austin, Texas federal …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order establishing a review council to evaluate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), stopping short of instant action to shut or reshape the country’s lead disaster response agency. The order calls for the establishment of council made up of relevant federal leaders and “distinguished …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. will not impose sanctions and tariffs on Colombia after the South American nation agreed to accept deported migrants from the United States, the White House press secretary said in a statement late on Sunday. (Reporting by Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered the federal government to override the state of California’s water-management practices to bolster firefighting efforts. The executive order comes two days after Trump visited the Los Angeles region, which has been devastated by a series of wildfires. Trump has falsely claimed that Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom and …
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By Sarah N. Lynch and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The TV host known as “Dr. Phil” embedded with U.S. immigration enforcement officers during an operation in Chicago on Sunday, defending President Donald Trump’s deportation effort as the crackdown neared the end of its first week. Phil McGraw, known as “Dr. Phil” for the eponymous American …
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By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Air Force said on Sunday it will resume instruction of trainees using a video about the first Black airmen in the U.S. military, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, which has passed review to ensure compliance with President Donald Trump’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Trump, who …
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(Reuters) – The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote to staff reassuring them that the agency’s continued existence was vital to the country’s disaster response efforts, after President Donald Trump said he wanted to overhaul or scrap it. “FEMA is a critical agency which performs an essential mission in support of our …
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By Sarah N. Lynch and David Ljunggren WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several key U.S. Senate Republicans on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s decision to fire independent government watchdogs across at least 17 federal agencies, even though the move ran afoul of federal law. “Time and time again, the Supreme Court has said that Congress can’t impose …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Lindsey Graham, a longtime ally of Donald Trump, criticized on Sunday the president’s pardon of about 1,500 of his supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, saying it could lead to more violence. Graham said that while Trump had the legal authority to issue the pardons: “Pardoning the …
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