By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A broad majority of Americans believe the U.S. president should always obey federal court rulings, even as President Donald Trump’s administration criticizes judges who pause his efforts to swiftly remake the government, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. But respondents, particularly members of Trump’s Republican Party, were ready to give him more …
By AJ Vicens A network of companies operated by a secretive Chinese tech firm has been trying to recruit recently laid-off U.S. government workers, according to job ads and a researcher who uncovered the campaign. Max Lesser, a senior analyst on emerging threats with the Washington-based think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said some …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to freeze federal family-planning grants worth about $120 million this year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The WSJ said the money for the groups, which include Planned Parenthood affiliates, would be held while the administration reviews whether any …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. teachers unions and rights advocates, including the NAACP, sued the administration of President Donald Trump on Monday to prevent the attempted dismantling of the federal Education Department, days after Trump signed an executive order to that effect. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The lawsuit came four days after the Republican president …
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By Michael Martina and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Trump administration officials mistakenly disclosed war plans in a messaging group that included a journalist shortly before the U.S. attacked Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis, the White House said on Monday, following a first-hand account by The Atlantic. Democratic lawmakers swiftly blasted the misstep, saying it was a …
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By Luc Cohen, Ted Hesson and Jack Queen (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court judge said on Monday that Nazis were given more rights to contest their removal from the United States during World War Two than Venezuelan migrants deported by the Trump administration. In a contentious hearing, U.S. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett questioned government lawyer …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three Democratic senators on Monday urged the White House to seek authority from Congress to extend a deadline for China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok to safeguard the popular video sharing app from a potential ban. President Donald Trump in January unilaterally extended the sale deadline from January 19 to …
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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government will risk defaulting on some of its $36.6 trillion in debt sometime between mid-July and early October unless Congress acts to raise the cap on Washington’s borrowing limit, the Bipartisan Policy Center think tank projected on Monday. Lawmakers have repeatedly taken negotiations over raising the government’s …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Republican lawmakers moved on Monday to have two judges impeached as the White House and its allies continue ramping up attacks on members of the judiciary for imposing roadblocks on U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping assertions of power. U.S. Representatives Andrew Clyde and Andy Ogles announced they had filed separate resolutions …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of Republican and Democratic U.S. senators is pushing President Donald Trump’s administration to transfer – and push allies to transfer – more than $300 billion of seized Russian assets to help Ukraine, not just use the debt’s interest to support Kyiv. “How does the Administration view using all …
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