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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday extended a block that prevents President Donald Trump’s administration from laying off thousands of federal employees amid a nearly month-long partial government shutdown. During a hearing in San Francisco, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston barred nearly 40 federal agencies from implementing layoffs, pending the outcome of …

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By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. military officials involved with President Donald Trump’s expanding operations in Latin America have been asked to sign non-disclosure agreements, three U.S. officials say, a development that raises new questions about a military buildup that Venezuela fears may lead to an invasion. The step is highly unusual, given that U.S. …

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By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the Republican president to remove the head of the government’s Copyright Office while her legal challenge to his firing of her plays out in the latest battle over his targeting of various federal officials. The U.S. Justice Department …

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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A series of U.S. strikes against suspected drug vessels in the eastern Pacific killed 14 alleged drug traffickers and left one survivor, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, the latest operation in President Donald Trump’s counter-drug campaign. The strikes in the Pacific come against the …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday ordered the top U.S. Border Patrol official overseeing an immigration crackdown in Chicago to appear in court every weekday until a November 5 hearing following allegations that agents unnecessarily used violent force and tear gas. (Reporting by Diana Jones and Renee Hickman in Chicago and Ted Hesson …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of 18 Democratic senators urged the Trump administration to reconsider its intention to drop a plan by the prior administration to require airlines to pay passengers cash compensation when flight disruptions are caused by carriers. In December, the U.S. Department of Transportation under then-President Joe Biden sought public …

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By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Monday declined to dismiss speculation that he would seek a third term and said he hadn’t considered whether he would go to court to contest the U.S. Constitution’s two-term limit for presidents. Here is a look at the legal barriers Trump faces.  WHAT DOES …

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By Steve Gorman and Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Democratic leaders convened a special session of the Virginia legislature on Monday to consider redrawing congressional electoral maps in their party’s favor, while Indiana’s Republican governor summoned lawmakers to weigh a similar plan next week at the behest of President Donald Trump. Virginia and Indiana were poised to …

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