By Nate Raymond and Christian Martinez (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is nominating a Maine litigator and a former clerk to a pair of conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices to serve as life-tenured judges on two federal appeals courts. Trump in posts on his social media platform Truth Social said he …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The major tax-cut and spending bill that Republicans hope to bring to final passage in the U.S. House of Representatives this week would devote an unprecedented $170 billion to immigration enforcement, according to an analysis by the pro-immigration American Immigration Council and a Reuters review of the bill text. DETENTION …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Tuesday floated his daughter-in-law Lara Trump as a possible replacement for U.S. Senator Thom Tillis, who will not seek reelection in North Carolina after clashing with the U.S. president over his tax-cut and spending bill. “Somebody that would really be great is Lara,” Trump told reporters aboard …
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By David Morgan and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-led U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to remove a 10-year federal moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence from President Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill. Lawmakers voted 99-1 to strike the ban from the bill by adopting an amendment offered by Republican Senator Marsha …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for a review of subsidies awarded to Elon Musk’s companies, sparking fears of tougher regulatory scrutiny across the billionaire’s ventures in the transportation, energy and space sectors. Below is a list of U.S. regulators who oversee Musk’s companies, including automaker Tesla, rocket and satellite company SpaceX, brain …
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(Changes headline tense) (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Saturday said Democrats will force the Republicans’ 940-page tax and spending bill to be read out loud in full on the Senate floor. “Republicans won’t tell America what’s in the bill. So Democrats are forcing it to be read start to finish on the …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two U.S. lawmakers on Friday asked the Commerce Department to investigate whether devices sold by Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus in the United States pose security concerns, according to a letter seen by Reuters. WHY IT MATTERS Representative John Moolenaar, a Republican who chairs a House of Representatives committee on China, …
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By Andrew Hay SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) -Democratic and Republican governors of Western U.S. states on Monday opposed what they called the proposed wholesale selloff of millions of acres of public land as part of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill. At a meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico, governors of New Mexico, …
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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his intent to nominate Chad Meredith to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. He described Meredith, who previously served as Kentucky’s solicitor general and has worked as a litigation attorney in Ohio since 2021, …
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By Dietrich Knauth and Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Members of a federal appeals court questioned during a hearing on Tuesday what role courts should have in reviewing President Donald Trump’s authority to deploy the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles amid protests and civil unrest. The three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit …
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