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By David Lawder, David Shepardson and David Ljunggren WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will exempt automakers from his punishing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for one month as long as they comply with existing free trade rules, the White House said on Wednesday, a development that halted at least for now Wall Street’s …

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By Daniel Wiessner and Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A U.S. board that reviews the firings of federal employees on Wednesday ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to temporarily reinstate thousands of workers who lost their jobs as part of President Donald Trump’s layoffs of the federal workforce. Cathy Harris, a member of the Merit System Protection …

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(Reuters) -The County of Los Angeles and City of Pasadena, along with other public entities, filed lawsuits against Edison International and its subsidiary Southern California Edison on Wednesday, alleging their role in igniting one of California’s worst wildfires. The Eaton fire, one of the major fires that began in early January in the foothills east …

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By Manuel Mucari and Custodio Cossa MAPUTO (Reuters) – Mozambican police fired on supporters of opposition leader Venancio Mondlane marching in the capital Maputo on Wednesday, injuring at least 10 people, Mondlane’s team and a human rights researcher said. A police spokesperson confirmed that law enforcement had dispersed marchers but declined to elaborate. Mondlane’s supporters …

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MIAMI (Reuters) -Top enforcement officials at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Wednesday said the agencies will continue to police market misconduct, remarks that arrive as the Trump administration seeks to remake Washington and enforcement. Both market regulators have already undergone dramatic policy changes since Republicans took the …

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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two Trump nominees to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s deregulatory efforts faced questions at their Senate confirmation on Wednesday about the agency’s plans to gut the basis for greenhouse gas emission rules. At issue is whether the agency intends to unwind the 2009 “endangerment finding”, which cleared a path …

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By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday took down a directory of federal facilities it had listed for possible sale that included some of the U.S. government’s most iconic properties. The apparent change of course comes one day after the U.S. General Services Administration posted a list of 443 properties it …

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By Emily Green, Stephen Eisenhammer and Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs on goods from Mexico have not only left President Claudia Sheinbaum politically unscathed from likely economic damage but may strengthen her hand as Mexicans rally against perceived unfair treatment. Mexico’s economy is undoubtedly vulnerable to a trade war. …

Analysis-Mexico’s Sheinbaum popularity may insulate her from tariff devastation Read More »