WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s government advisory panel, led by billionaire ally Elon Musk, will be sued soon after the incoming U.S. president is sworn in on Monday, the Washington Post reported, citing a copy of the planned complaint by a public interest law firm. (Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Toby Chopra)
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to acquire Greenland, bring the war in Ukraine to a close and fundamentally alter the U.S. relationship with NATO during his second four-year term. In recent weeks, he has also threatened to seize the Panama Canal and slap Canada and Mexico with 25% …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – During his four years as president, Democrat Joe Biden experienced a sustained series of defeats at the U.S. Supreme Court, whose ascendant conservative majority blew holes in his agenda and dashed precedents long cherished by American liberals. Despite the Biden administration’s efforts to preserve it, the court – which …
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(This Dec. 18 story has been corrected to show that the New York Times first reported Tice’s escape, in paragraph 11) By Maya Gebeily DAMASCUS (Reuters) – The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who was taken captive during a reporting trip to Syria in August 2012, arrived in Damascus on Saturday to step up …
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By Tim Reid and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump told thousands of roaring supporters he would impose severe limits on immigration on his first day in office, vowing to swiftly fulfill the central promise of his presidential campaign at a rally on Sunday inside a packed Washington arena a day before he returns to …
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By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – On the eve of his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump staged a campaign-style rally in frigid Washington where he and his supporters celebrated his win. Here are some takeaways from Trump’s remarks on Sunday: QUICK OUT OF THE GATE As he has been signaling for weeks, Trump is expected …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Stacy Dixon is set to become President-elect Donald Trump’s acting director of national intelligence, a spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence told Reuters. Dixon has served as principal deputy director of national intelligence since August 2021. Trump has tapped Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democrat, to serve as director of …
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(Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said once he is president he will take action to “keep men out of women’s sports.” Trump made the comments at a campaign-style rally in Washington. Transgender rights have become a political hot button in recent years. Republicans at all levels campaigned on the issue in November’s election, …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden urged despondent fellow Democrats not to give up hope as he returned to the warm embrace of South Carolina’s Black churchgoing community to mark the final full day of his presidency on Sunday. Biden leaves office on Monday, ending a four-year term …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned five people on Sunday, including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, and commuted the sentences of two, the White House said in a statement. Garvey, who died in 1940, was a civil rights leader who was convicted of mail fraud in 1923 and sentenced to five …
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