DUBAI (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was returning to Washington after wrapping up his Gulf tour. “Let’s see what happens with Russia and Ukraine,” he said, referring to Russia-Ukraine talks taking place in Turkey. Trump said he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin “as soon as we can set it …
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By AJ Vicens DETROIT (Reuters) -Malicious actors are using text messages and AI-generated voice messages to impersonate senior U.S. officials in a scheme to gain access to the personal accounts of state and federal government officials, the FBI said on Thursday. Access to targets’ accounts could be used to go after additional government officials or …
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By David Morgan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans are loudly embracing President Donald Trump’s populist priorities, though critics say a sweeping tax-cut bill that offers some breaks to working-class Americans still favors the wealthy and threatens social benefits his voters rely on. After weeks of pressure from the president’s MAGA base, Republicans in the …
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(Reuters) – Harvard University is dedicating $250 million of its own funds to support researchers after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration froze nearly $3 billion in federal grants and contracts in recent weeks, the university announced on Wednesday. The elite Ivy League university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of Trump’s most prominent targets. The Republican …
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump, whose family has major business interests in the Gulf countries he is visiting this week, said there was no talk of building a Trump Tower in Syria or golf during his meetings in Saudi Arabia that ended on Wednesday. Trump met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Syrian …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Wednesday at a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions hearing that he is willing to work with Democrats on lowering prescription drug prices. “I look forward to working with you on legislation or any way that we can to get there,” Kennedy …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The EPA will rescind much of the Biden administration’s first nationwide drinking water standard aimed at protecting people from toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS found in many household items, but will maintain current limits on two of these chemicals, it announced on Wednesday. Dubbed “forever chemicals” because they do not easily break …
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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The arrest of a Wisconsin state court judge for allegedly helping a migrant evade U.S. authorities marks another salvo in a long-brewing debate about the presence of immigration agents in local courthouses. The judge, Hannah Dugan of Milwaukee County’s circuit court, is due in federal court on Thursday to face …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – So far, none of America’s transgender troops who want to continue serving in uniform have applied for a waiver to the Pentagon’s ban on their service, Reuters was told by each of the military services. The reason? Because it’s impossible to qualify, transgender troops say. Reuters …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. lawmakers sent a letter to the head of the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday voicing their support for tax credits boosted in former President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, legislation for which no Republicans voted. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The letter from a dozen Republican U.S. Representatives shows the importance …
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