By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House officials are reviewing federal agencies’ downsizing plans, a move expected to result in the mass firing of thousands of government workers within the coming weeks, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. President Donald Trump had given the agencies until March 13 to draw up plans for …
By Tom Hals and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump’s administration not to deport Badar Khan Suri, an Indian man studying at Washington’s Georgetown University whose lawyer has said the United States was seeking to remove him after it accused him of harming U.S. foreign policy. The order is to remain …
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By Jeff Mason and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Flanked by students and educators, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order intended to essentially dismantle the federal Department of Education, making good on a longstanding campaign promise to conservatives. The order is designed to leave school policy almost entirely in the hands …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to curtail the ability of federal judges to issue injunctions blocking his administration’s actions nationwide, marking the latest sign of tension between the Republican president and the U.S. judiciary. Federal courts are hearing more than 100 lawsuits challenging various initiatives by …
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By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician nominated by President Donald Trump to oversee the government’s Medicare and Medicaid health plans, should commit to paying over $400,000 in taxes he avoided, two Democratic U.S. Senators said on Thursday. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee …
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday said Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil must remain in the United States for now, but moved his challenge to the legality of his arrest over his participation in pro-Palestinian protests to a court in New Jersey. Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman denied …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the United States could step in to run Ukrainian power plants if that was helpful to ensure a ceasefire and bring peace to the war-torn country. U.S. President Donald Trump suggested to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a phone call on Wednesday that the U.S. could help …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A major U.S. teachers union has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education accusing Republican President Donald Trump’s administration of unlawfully shutting down access to income-driven repayment plans used by millions of student loan borrowers. The American Federation of Teachers in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington late …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has removed an explicit ban on “segregated facilities” like waiting rooms, restaurants and drinking fountains for federal contractors, a memo issued by the U.S. General Services Administration showed. The memo was issued last month but media outlets took note of it on Tuesday …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. lawmakers will call on President Donald Trump’s administration to restore a program that helps track thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, and to use sanctions to punish those responsible for the rights violation. As it slashes a wide range of U.S. government programs and most foreign aid, …
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