By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Mike Turner said on Wednesday he will no longer serve as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee after nearly two years. According to media reports, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson removed Turner from the role. “Under my leadership, we restored the integrity of the Committee and returned its …
By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general, Pam Bondi, vowed on Wednesday not to use the U.S. Justice Department to target people based on their politics, but dodged direct questions about investigating people scorned by the president-elect. “There will never be an enemies list within the Department …
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By Lisa Richwine PASADENA, California (Reuters) – Members of the St. Helena Fire Department have battled devastating fires in Northern California. Last Thursday, they rolled into Los Angeles at 2 a.m. to assist in the southern part of the state. One of their white fire trucks stood out among the many red ones parked in …
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By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s choice to oversee the federal budget, Russell Vought, defended the U.S. president-elect’s goal of cutting spending by refusing to spend money that Congress has already authorized at a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Vought, who also headed the Office of Management and Budget during Trump’s first term, questioned …
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By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The J. Paul Getty Museum’s priceless collection of artwork, which includes paintings by Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Monet and Degas, once again found itself in the path of destruction as the Palisades fire spread. As fire officials issued evacuation orders for the Brentwood neighborhood on Friday night, the museum’s …
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By Humeyra Pamuk, Simon Lewis and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Aides to President-elect Donald Trump have asked three senior career diplomats who oversee the U.S. State Department’s workforce and internal coordination to step down from their roles, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said, in a possible signal of deeper changes ahead for …
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By Sarah N. Lynch, Jonathan Landay and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s nominees for top national security jobs said they would not prioritize their loyalty to the president-elect over their duty to the country in U.S. Senate hearings on Wednesday, where they appeared to be on a path to easy confirmation. Trump’s choice for …
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By Mariam Sunny (Reuters) -The U.S. on Wednesday banned the use of a synthetic food dye that gives some candies, cakes and certain oral medications a cherry-red color, following evidence that the dye causes cancer in laboratory rats. The ban by the Food and Drug Administration on the Red No. 3 dye in food items …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – The Democratic attorneys general of 14 U.S. states moved on Wednesday to take over the defense in court of a rule by the outgoing Biden administration providing health insurance to immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. Led by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin, the officials said in …
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By Andrew Chung, John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed worries on Wednesday over the availability of online pornography to minors as they weighed the legality of a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify the age of users, but also voiced concern over burdens imposed on adults to view constitutionally protected …
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