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US sets new Paris climate target that Trump is expected to ignore

19 Dec 2024

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration has set a new U.S. target under the Paris climate agreement to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 61%-66% below 2005 levels by 2035, a goal officials called achievable by states even if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on vows to reverse federal policies. The new …

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Defense bill passes Congress despite transgender provision

19 Dec 2024

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly for an $895 billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon on Wednesday, despite the inclusion of a controversial provision on transgender medical care for minors. The 100-member Senate backed the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, by 85 to 14. Since it passed the House …

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Kennedy ticks off easy wins in US Senate tour, tougher meetings on top health job ahead

18 Dec 2024

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Halfway through Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s two dozen meetings at the U.S. Senate this week, no Republicans have signaled their intention to block confirmation of President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for the top U.S. health job. Kennedy, whose nomination to run the Department of Health and Human Services has raised …

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Trump sues Iowa newspaper and top pollster, Fox News reports

17 Dec 2024

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and its top pollster over its final poll showing him trailing in the state before the Nov. 5 presidential election, Fox News reported on Tuesday. The lawsuit, which Fox said was filed Monday night in Polk County, comes after Trump on …

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U.S. imposes trade restrictions on two Chinese firms over human rights

10 Dec 2024

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States added two Chinese companies to a trade restriction list on Tuesday for allegedly enabling human rights violations as President Joe Biden kept up the pressure on Beijing in the waning days of his administration. The Commerce Department, which oversees export policy, added Zhejiang Uniview Technologies Co., Ltd. to the …

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Lara Trump to step down from Republican Party post, eyes Senate seat

9 Dec 2024

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lara Trump, President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, said she would step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and would consider a U.S. Senate vacancy if Marco Rubio is confirmed as secretary of state. “The job I came to do is now complete and I intend to formally step down from …

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Trump’s Pentagon nominee Hegseth gets tepid welcome from some Senate Republicans

5 Dec 2024

By Patricia Zengerle, Steve Holland and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, met with a lukewarm response from some Senate Republicans on Wednesday over allegations about his personal and professional life. Even as Hegseth made his case to Republican lawmakers whose support he’d …

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Trump picks finance professor Faulkender for deputy Treasury secretary

5 Dec 2024

By David Lawder and Ismail Shakil WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated University of Maryland finance professor Michael Faulkender as deputy U.S. Treasury secretary, returning him to the department where he helped implement a pandemic relief program that kept paychecks flowing to workers idled by COVID-19. Faulkender served as Treasury’s assistant …

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