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US cities, counties challenge Trump’s ‘sanctuary’ city crackdown

By Nate Raymond and Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A coalition of U.S. cities and counties on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to force so-called sanctuary jurisdictions to cooperate with his immigration crackdown and mass deportations. Cities and counties led by San Francisco and the county of Santa Clara, California, said …

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US states tell judge Trump not fully following order blocking funding freeze

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday said he stood ready to enforce an order he issued blocking U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from freezing federal grants, loans and other financial assistance after Democratic-led states said billions of dollars in funding was still being tied up. U.S. District Judge John McConnell in …

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US House Speaker Johnson praises Trump’s ‘bold’ Gaza proposal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday praised President Donald Trump’s proposal for the U.S. to take over the war-torn Gaza Strip and said House Republicans would stand with Trump on his initiative. “The initial announcement yesterday I think was greeted by surprise by many, but cheered, by I think, …

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US Congress to form cryptocurrency working group

By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative French Hill, a Republican who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, said on Tuesday lawmakers from both chambers of congress would form a working group to develop policy favoring development of digital assets. New legislation will deliver “clarity for a regulatory framework,” Hill said at a Capitol Hill …

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Trump makes Musk, the world’s richest man, a ‘special government employee’

By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk, who has moved swiftly to shrink the size of the U.S. government at President Donald Trump’s behest, is now considered a “special government employee,” the White House said on Monday. The designation allows Musk, the world’s richest man, to work for the federal government …

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Gabbard faces criticism over Russia, Snowden in intelligence confirmation hearing

By Patricia Zengerle and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s choice to be director of national intelligence, faced harsh criticism of her past defense of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and comments seen as supportive of Russia at a confirmation hearing on Thursday. Both Republicans and Democrats have expressed …

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Trump’s plan to reclassify, fire federal workers challenged by unions

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Two major unions representing U.S. government employees filed a lawsuit on Wednesday aimed at slowing President Donald Trump’s effort to reclassify up to 50,000 federal workers and make it easier to fire them. The American Federation of Government Employees and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said Trump in …

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BofA, JPMorgan to lobby White House, Congress after conservative criticism

By Nupur Anand, Saeed Azhar and Pete Schroeder NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bank of America and JPMorgan are set to lobby the White House and Congress to defend themselves from accusations by President Donald Trump and others that they have shut down accounts of conservative customers on political grounds. The banks said they need clearer guidance …

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Trump says he could reach trade deal with China, calls talk with Xi ‘friendly’

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said his conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week was friendly and he thought he could reach a trade deal with China. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The leaders of the world’s two biggest economies discussed issues including TikTok, trade and Taiwan in a phone call …

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