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Republican Senator Ernst does not yet back Trump Pentagon pick Hegseth

5 Dec 2024

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, a combat veteran and sexual assault survivor, said on Thursday she is not yet ready to back Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense, dimming the confirmation hopes of President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled nominee. Ernst, a senior Armed Services Committee member, said she had …

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Oilfield service consolidation to increase under Trump, report says

5 Dec 2024

By Georgina McCartney HOUSTON (Reuters) – The oilfield service sector is poised for more consolidation in 2025, according to Deloitte’s 2025 Oil and Gas Industry Outlook, with President-elect Donald Trump expected loosen regulations on the U.S. oil and gas industry. The uptick in deals in the services sector would follow a wave of mega-mergers among …

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Trump, RFK Jr. met with Pfizer, Lilly executives, Axios reports

5 Dec 2024

(Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump met with the chief executives of U.S. drugmakers Pfizer and Eli Lilly as well as industry lobbying group PhRMA on Wednesday night, Axios reported on Thursday. Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick to lead the United States’ top health agency, was also present at the meeting, according to the …

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Olympics-LA 2028 Games enjoy support of incoming Trump administration says IOC

5 Dec 2024

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee has no concerns over working with Donald Trump and his incoming administration on the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics given the President-elect’s continued support of those Games, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Thursday. The Los Angeles Olympics were awarded in 2017 when Trump was president following …

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Gunman wounds two kindergartners at California school, then kills self

5 Dec 2024

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -A gunman shot and wounded two children aged 5 and 6 at a California school on Wednesday before shooting himself dead in what investigators said appeared to be an attack directed at the school’s affiliation with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. The two wounded boys were in extremely critical condition and being …

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Trump asks Georgia appeals court to end state case against him

5 Dec 2024

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump asked a Georgia Appeals Court on Wednesday to end the criminal case against him in that state for attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss. Lawyers for Trump argued that his continued prosecution by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who has also charged several of …

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Argentina’s Milei hosts Trump allies, Bolsonaro clan at right-wing summit

5 Dec 2024

By Candelaria Grimberg BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei, increasingly a poster child for rightwing politics and free-markets, is hosting allies of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro at a summit in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Buoyed by the election win of ideological ally Trump, Milei is kicking off the …

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US Supreme Court leans toward allowing youth transgender care ban

5 Dec 2024

By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled on Wednesday their willingness to uphold a Republican-backed ban in Tennessee on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors in a major case that could affect various other state laws targeting transgender people. The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, …

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