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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal judge on Monday ordered the government-downsizing team created by U.S. President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk to make public records concerning its operations, which he said had been run in “unusual secrecy.” U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington sided with the government watchdog group Citizens …

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By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives set up a Tuesday vote on legislation that would keep the government funded and avert a partial shutdown, as Washington is rocked by President Donald Trump’s rapid moves to slash federal agencies. The House Rules Committee advanced the bill …

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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday declined to order President Donald Trump’s administration to restore thousands of foreign aid contracts and grants that have been canceled since the president took office, though he found that the administration must speed up payments of close to $2 billion for already completed work. At …

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By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives plan to vote on Tuesday on a six-month stopgap funding bill to fund the government through September 30, when the current 2025 fiscal year ends. They have until midnight ET on Friday (0400 GMT on Saturday) to avert a partial …

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By Daphne Psaledakis JEDDAH (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s hostage envoy Adam Boehler’s direct meetings with Palestinian militant group Hamas on the release of hostages in Gaza was a “one-off situation” and as of now “hasn’t borne fruit,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday. “That was a one-off situation in which our special …

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By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -The world’s energy industry leaders meet in Houston next week as plummeting oil prices push Big Oil to slash thousands of jobs even as a pro-fossil fuel U.S. administration encourages them to pump more. U.S. President Donald Trump’s first 47 days in office have been marked by a rapid overhaul …

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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration has canceled more than 80 percent of all the programs at U.S. Agency for International Development following a six-week review, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday. “The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not …

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By Gram Slattery ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that a government shutdown “could happen” if the House of Representatives cannot muster enough votes to pass a temporary funding bill, but he remains optimistic the measure will get approved. “It could happen. It shouldn’t have happened, and it probably …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Sunday he was hopeful a dispute with Canada over accusations of the deadly fentanyl opioid entering the U.S. across its northern border could be resolved by the end of March. His comments on ABC News’s “This Week” raise the possibility that tariffs due to be …

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