By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump “sees great promise in the United Nations if it focuses on its founding mission of international peace and security,” his nominee to be ambassador told the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday. Elise Stefanik, a member of the House of Representatives, is expected …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Fox News host Sean Hannity will interview Republican U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the network said on Tuesday. It will be Trump’s first TV network interview since taking office this week. The interview will be pre-taped and will air on Wednesday night at 9 p.m. ET (0200 GMT). (Reporting …
By Daphne Psaledakis, Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Secretary of State Marco Rubio began his tenure as the top U.S. diplomat on Tuesday by pledging to keep his department at the heart of U.S. foreign policymaking and execute what he said was President Donald Trump’s aim of promoting peace through strength. Ending Russia’s …
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(Reuters) -Shares of FTAI Aviation plummeted more than 30% on Tuesday after the U.S. aircraft lessor announced that its audit committee would investigate claims of financial irregularities made by short-seller Muddy Waters Research. “Although the review will take longer than some may like, it is the most thorough way to clear the accounting allegations and …
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By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear Republican former Iowa congressman Steve King’s bid to avoid paying a small judgment for having used without permission an internet meme – the “Success Kid” photo of a determined-looking 11-month-old baby at the beach – to promote his 2020 reelection …
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By Patrick Wingrove, Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge NEW YORK/LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) -The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises. Trump said the WHO had failed to act independently from the “inappropriate political influence …
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By Carey L Biron WASHINGTON(Thomson Reuters Foundation) -The devastation of the Los Angeles wildfires has resonated far beyond Southern California, as local officials and residents across the United States have watched the flames, started among dry vegetation, rapidly jumping from house to house. The crisis underscores efforts to look beyond the forests and public lands that …
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By Nandita Bose and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will make a “massive” infrastructure announcement on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, echoing an unrealized promise during Trump’s first term to bolster aging America’s roads, bridges and other networks. “It’s going to be a massive announcement and it’s going to …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – President Donald Trump signed an order within hours of taking office on Monday to make it easier to fire thousands of federal agency employees and replace them with political loyalists. The order, which is largely identical to one Trump issued late in his first term, is already facing a lawsuit …
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(Reuters) -President Donald Trump suspended new federal offshore wind leasing pending an environmental and economic review, saying wind mills are ugly, expensive and harm wildlife. “We’re not going to do the wind thing. Big, ugly wind mills. They ruin your neighborhood,” he said. Without providing evidence, he said offshore wind projects were behind an increase …
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