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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans took a procedural step forward on President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax cut agenda on Thursday, overcoming concerns among some Republican lawmakers that the plan does not include sufficient spending cuts. The Senate voted 52-48 to move forward with the framework to address Trump’s proposals for tax cuts, …

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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon’s Inspector General’s office announced on Thursday it was opening a probe into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of an unclassified commercial texting application to coordinate on the highly sensitive March 15 launch of U.S. strikes on Yemen’s Houthis. In a memorandum addressed to Hegseth, the …

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By Jeff Mason and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -He called it “Liberation Day,” but President Donald Trump’s Wednesday unveiling of reciprocal tariffs could cause political headwinds for his party and economic pain for his constituents if his promises to recast the economy do not work out. Experts say it will take years to rekindle U.S. …

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By Richard Cowan and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate voted on Thursday 53-45 along party lines to confirm Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician nominated by President Donald Trump, to oversee government health insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid. As Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Oz, who has never …

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By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Fox News on Thursday the Trump administration is “months away” from making a decision about whether to make payments to farmers to offset any impact from tariffs. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced sweeping tariffs that were mostly criticized by farm and food groups …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Donald Trump must pay over 626,000 pounds (about $821,500) in legal fees to a private investigations firm the U.S. president sued over a dossier which alleged ties between his 2016 election campaign and Russia, a London judge ruled on Thursday. Trump brought a data protection lawsuit against Orbis Business Intelligence over allegations in …

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(Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Banking Committee voted on Thursday to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to run Wall Street’s top regulator as well as his picks for banking oversight and transportation roles. In a party-line vote, the committee voted 13-11 to approve Paul Atkins as chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and …

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By Rachael Levy (Reuters) -Tracy Beth Hoeg, a sports medicine physician and epidemiologist who opposed key U.S. health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and questioned the use of some childhood vaccines, was named a special assistant to new FDA chief Martin Makary, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Hoeg’s position was announced …

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