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Trump administration has revoked 80,000 non-immigrant visas, US official says

6 Nov 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration has revoked around 80,000 non-immigrant visas since its inauguration on January 20 for offenses ranging from driving under the influence to assault and theft, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday. The extent of the revocations, first reported by Washington Examiner, reflects a broad immigration crackdown initiated when …

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Senate Republicans brush off Trump’s push to end filibuster

6 Nov 2025

By David Morgan and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday rebuffed President Donald Trump’s call to end the longest government shutdown in history by terminating the filibuster, a rare rejection of the demands of a president who has mainly met with fealty by the Republican-controlled Congress.  On the shutdown’s 36th day, Trump …

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Bessent says he is optimistic after Supreme Court hearing on tariffs

6 Nov 2025

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said he came away from a Supreme Court hearing on the legality of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs feeling “very, very optimistic.” Bessent told Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow” program he thought plaintiffs challenging Trump’s use of a 1977 law to justify tariffs had …

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Rubio, Hegseth brief lawmakers on boat strikes after congressional frustration

6 Nov 2025

By Patricia Zengerle and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Trump administration officials briefed members of the Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday about strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats off Venezuela, after frustration in Congress about a lack of transparency about the operation. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth …

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In Chicago immigration crackdown, agents raid daycare, senior living center

6 Nov 2025

By Emily Schmall and Heather Schlitz CHICAGO (Reuters) -A Spanish-language immersion daycare in a leafy residential neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago was raided by federal immigration agents on Wednesday and a teacher was taken away, panicking school administrators and parents of infants, toddlers and pre-kindergarten children at the center, a staff worker at …

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Trump grapples with political setback after Democrats ride voter fury over prices

6 Nov 2025

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -It’s been a year since Donald Trump’s decisive win in the 2024 presidential election, and the White House had planned an anniversary rollout on Wednesday highlighting the promises kept by the Republican leader since he returned to office. Instead, the president and his Republican allies were left grappling with a …

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White House restricts access for journalists to press secretary’s office

6 Nov 2025

(Corrects paragraph 6 to show Cheung’s title is White House communications director, not Leavitt’s deputy) By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A new White House rule issued Friday restricts the ability of credentialed journalists to freely access the offices of press secretary Karoline Leavitt and other top communications officials in the West Wing, near the Oval …

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Citadel CEO Griffin says the people of NYC deserve better than Mamdani’s talking points

6 Nov 2025

(Reuters) -Ken Griffin, the CEO of Citadel, said on Wednesday he prays the policies that Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani uses to lead New York City are different from his talking points. Griffin also said at the America Business Forum in Miami the people of New York deserve better. (Reporting by Laura Matthews; Editing by Chris Reese)

Supreme Court has a packed house for Trump tariffs case amid shutdown

6 Nov 2025

By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court’s chamber was buzzing on Wednesday, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick joining hundreds of others to hear arguments over the legality of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. The bustling scene inside the ornate chamber, with its marble columns and crimson drapes, was …

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Trump taps former New Mexico lawmaker to run public lands bureau

6 Nov 2025

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump nominated former congressman Stevan Pearce to serve as director of the Bureau of Land Management, the agency responsible for managing 245 million acres of public lands. Pearce, 78, is from New Mexico, the largest producer of oil and gas on federal lands. He has long supported expanding domestic oil production …

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