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(Reuters) – Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy organization, has called for a federal investigation into whether U.S. President Donald Trump had violated laws around gift solicitation by promoting a meme coin. The organization lodged its complaint with the Department of Justice and the U.S. Office of Government Ethics on Wednesday, and urged the federal agencies …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Agents working for billionaire Elon Musk have accessed highly restricted government records on millions of federal employees maintained by the Office of Personnel Management, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing four U.S. officials with knowledge of the developments. The records accessed by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) included Treasury and State …

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(Reuters) – Trump Media and Technology Group said on Thursday it has applied to trademark six investment products that track bitcoin and the U.S. manufacturing and energy sectors. The trademarks include Truth.Fi Bitcoin Plus ETF, Truth.Fi Made in America ETF, and Truth.Fi U.S. Energy Independence ETF. Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) is yet to …

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By Oliver Griffin (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa is betting that his pledges to push crime-fighting initiatives begun under his truncated first administration and to tackle power cuts will secure him a full term in Sunday’s presidential election. Two recent opinion polls have pointed to a possible first-round win for Noboa, raised in Guayaquil …

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By Rachael Levy (Reuters) – Democrats on the U.S. House oversight committee on Thursday called for an investigation of potential national security threats posed by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. In a letter on Thursday, the lawmakers urged deputy inspectors general at several federal agencies to investigate potential national security breaches involving Musk’s team. …

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(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Energy will prioritize expanding energy production over achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, according to an order issued on Wednesday by Energy Secretary Chris Wright. The secretarial order is meant to align the department with priorities outlined by President Donald Trump, who has called climate change a hoax and has …

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DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said it would be easy to verify Iran was not developing atomic weapons, state TV reported on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would like to have a verified nuclear peace agreement with Tehran. Iran is not seeking a nuclear weapon as the mass …

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By Nathan Layne and Andrea Shalal (Reuters) -U.S. Arab American and Muslim leaders, including some who supported Donald Trump in the 2024 election, criticized the president’s proposal for the U.S. to take over Gaza and resettle Palestinians, but some of them said they still believed he was the best option for lasting peace in the …

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By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Africa’s leading public health official will write to the U.S. Secretary of State on Thursday to highlight how the U.S. aid freeze is threatening the lives of people across the continent and efforts to contain disease outbreaks that could ultimately impact Americans. Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres …

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