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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it will hear arguments on January 21 in President Donald Trump’s attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, a move without precedent that challenges the central bank’s independence. The justices said in October that they would hear arguments in the case before …

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By Erin Banco NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. gathered intelligence last year of Israeli officials discussing how their soldiers had sent Palestinians into Gaza tunnels the Israelis believed were potentially lined with explosives, according to two former U.S. officials familiar with the matter.  The information was shared with the White House and analyzed by the …

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By Brad Brooks, Leah Douglas and Andrew Hay LONGMONT, Colorado (Reuters) -For Anthony DeSousa, the owner of two pizza shops in Estes Park and Longmont, Colorado, feeding the hungry is personal. He grew up in poverty in New York and his dad was in jail for most of his life, leaving his mother to raise …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a resolution on Thursday that would have prevented President Donald Trump from attacking Venezuela without congressional authorization, a day after administration officials told lawmakers that Washington is not currently planning strikes on Venezuelan territory. The Senate voted 51 to 49, largely along party lines, against a …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Maryland on Thursday sued the Trump administration over its decision to scrap a Biden-era plan to construct new FBI headquarters just outside of Washington, D.C., in the state. The state alleged in a lawsuit that the Republican administration was attempting to unlawfully “sabotage” the Greenbelt, Maryland, location and divert over $1 …

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By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK (Reuters) -When Zohran Mamdani finished his victory speech late Tuesday after winning the New York City mayoral race, a small crowd gathered around a man with blonde, curly hair who had watched the candidate with a satisfied smile from a corner of the stage. Morris Katz, lead media strategist for …

Mamdani wins over New York with bold vision that galvanized young voters Read More »

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon on Wednesday denied accusations from senior Republican lawmakers that the agency’s top policy official, Elbridge Colby, was not fully briefing Congress on important national security issues, suggesting a widening rift between the Department of Defense and senators from both parties. Republican and Democratic lawmakers slammed …

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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican and Democratic lawmakers slammed the Pentagon on Tuesday for not briefing them on national security issues and said at times top defense officials appeared to be undermining U.S. President Donald Trump’s own policies, in a rare bipartisan show of frustration with the administration. Secretary of Defense …

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(Reuters) – The U.S. government shut down much of its operations on October 1 after Republicans and Democrats failed to reach an agreement to extend funding past the end of the federal fiscal year on September 30. The closure has shut off the flow of key economic data at a moment of uncertainty among policymakers …

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