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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he is appointing his former lawyer Alina Habba, who was previously sanctioned for filing a frivolous lawsuit, to serve as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. Habba represented Trump in a variety of civil litigation, including a trial in …

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By Ryan Patrick Jones (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday dismissed calls from some Democratic lawmakers for him to step down as leader in the Senate over his approach to a recently passed government funding bill. Schumer sparked anger among Democrats last week when he decided not to block a Republican-drafted spending …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he believes the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy was carried out by Lee Harvey Oswald but asked if the gunman had help. When asked if he believes Oswald killed JFK, Trump responded, “I do. And I’ve always held that, of course he was, was …

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By Steve Holland BRIDGEWATER, New Jersey (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday took away security clearances for former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others in his latest move against his Democratic opponents. The Republican president, who has also revoked the security clearance for former President Joe Biden, defeated …

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By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk took his campaign to cut the U.S. federal government into uncharted waters on Friday, holding an unprecedented top-level meeting at the Pentagon and calling for the prosecution of any Defense Department officials leaking “maliciously false information” about his visit. Musk, whose businesses …

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By Dawn Chmielewski and Katie Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) -White House-led talks on the future of TikTok are coalescing around a plan for the biggest non-Chinese investors in parent company ByteDance to up their stakes and acquire the short video app’s U.S. operations, according to two sources familiar with the discussions. The plan entails spinning …

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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s sweeping assertion of power since returning to the White House is testing the U.S. constitutional system of checks and balances established in the 18th century as the president faces scant resistance from Congress and tensions with the federal judiciary escalate. With a Congress controlled by Trump’s fellow …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has moved to shield President Donald Trump from civil lawsuits by police and Democratic lawmakers seeking to hold him responsible for violence during the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. In court filings late on Thursday, department lawyers told U.S. District …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has denied a New York Times report that his close ally, billionaire Elon Musk, was due to be briefed by the Pentagon on Friday about the U.S. military’s plan for any war that might break out with China. “China will not even be mentioned or discussed,” Trump said …

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