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Exclusive-Trump calls Minnesota ICE shooting 'sad to see on both sides'
By Steve Holland and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump struck a more conciliatory tone regarding an ICE officer's fatal shooting of a Minnesota mother, saying on We...
Jan 14, 2026
US Senate blocks effort to rein in Trump's Venezuela war powers
WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans voted on Wednesday against a resolution that would have barred President Donald Trump from further military action in Venezuela without Congress'...
Jan 14, 2026
US judge blocks Trump administration from cutting Minnesota's food stamp funding
By Daniel Wiessner Jan 14 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from withholding $80 million to administer Minnesota's food stamp program while the s...
Jan 14, 2026
US House Republicans advance bill to curtail lawmaker stock trades as Democrats seek tougher controls
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday advanced legislation placing new restrictions on lawmakers' stock-trading practices, after...
Jan 14, 2026
Trump's greenlight for Nvidia AI chips to China draws fire from lawmakers, former officials
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers and former officials on Wednesday questioned President Donald Trump's decision to allow Nvidia to sell its second most powerful AI chip...
Jan 14, 2026
Factbox-What is the Minnesota social welfare scandal that has drawn Trump's ire?
Jan 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly invoked a scandal around the theft of federal funds intended for social-welfare programs in Minnesota as a rationale for sending thousands...
Jan 14, 2026
FBI searches Washington Post journalist's home, NYT reports
WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - FBI agents searched a Washington Post reporter's home on Wednesday as officials said an investigation into possible sharing of government secrets continues, the New York...
Jan 14, 2026
Trump administration reinstates fired employees of DOJ race-relations agency
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is reversing course on firing nearly every employee at a 1960s-era agency within the U.S. Department of Justice known...
Jan 14, 2026
Trump says federal payments to sanctuary cities to end from February 1
Jan 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the federal government will stop payments to states for their sanctuary cities, effective February 1, in a message on his Truth Social ...
Jan 14, 2026
Analysis-Trump runs into limits of presidential power on lowering prices
By Tim Reid, Howard Schneider and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. president wields enormous power and Donald Trump has greatly expanded his executive authority over the past year....
Jan 14, 2026
