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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he would fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook if she doesn’t resign, intensifying his effort to gain influence over the U.S. central bank. “I’ll fire her if she doesn’t resign,” Trump told reporters during a visit to a Washington museum focused on the …

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By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Texas lawmakers approved a new congressional map this week at the behest of President Donald Trump, seeking to preserve his Republican Party’s slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in the November 2026 midterm elections. In response, the California Senate on Thursday moved forward with legislation to give Democrats …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Trump administration officials on Wednesday thanked troops deployed in the nation’s capital and blasted demonstrators opposed to the aggressive anti-crime efforts as “stupid white hippies.” At Union Station, Washington’s central train hub, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, accompanied by White House …

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By Jack Queen and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Republican lawmakers in California have filed suit seeking to block action on Governor Gavin Newsom’s , which aims to create five new Democratic U.S. congressional seats in his state to counter a similar move in Texas favoring Republicans. The Republicans argue in their emergency petition to the California …

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By Kanishka Singh and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Tuesday that she had revoked security clearances of 37 current and former intelligence professionals whom she accused of “politicizing and manipulating intelligence.” Gabbard said in a social media statement that the action was taken at President Donald Trump’s …

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By Ross Kerber (Reuters) -Less than one percent of customers who filed detailed complaints about checking or savings account closures with the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over the last 13 years accused banks of acting for political or religious reasons, even as the White House mounts a campaign to stamp out “systemic abuses” in …

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By Jasper Ward and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration has named Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to a new post of co-deputy director of the FBI alongside Dan Bongino. Bongino, who shared the report on X with the caption “Welcome,” clashed with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi last month over the Justice …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Federal judges in Manhattan on Monday extended Jay Clayton’s term as the district’s top federal prosecutor, as Senate Democrats block U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Attorney role from being permanently confirmed.  Trump in April appointed Clayton, a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to …

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