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Kennedy ally Calley Means joins Trump administration permanently as food, nutrition adviser
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Calley Means, a close aide to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is taking a permanent post in the Trump administration, the Department of Health an...
Nov 18, 2025
Trump administration announces steps to dismantle Department of Education
By Helen Coster (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is taking steps to dismantle the Department of Education, the White House said on Tuesday, part of Trump's bid to shrink the fed...
Nov 18, 2025
Federal judges block Texas from using new congressional map
(Reuters) -A federal court in Texas on Tuesday blocked Texas from using a new congressional map intended to flip several Democratic-held U.S. House of Representatives seats to Republicans in the 2026 ...
Nov 18, 2025
US passenger railroad Amtrak sets ridership record, cuts losses
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak said on Tuesday it set a yearly record for ridership and revenue, as it cut losses by 15% to $598 million and aims for operatio...
Nov 18, 2025
Senator opposes FCC plan to reverse cyber rules adopted after Salt Typhoon attack
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday called on the Federal Communications Commission to abandon plans to rescind cybersecurity require...
Nov 18, 2025
DOJ subpoenas unlikely to yield new info on Russia probe pushed by Trump, sources say
By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Recent grand jury subpoenas for records related to the U.S. intelligence community's work on Russian interference in the 2016 election, a t...
Nov 18, 2025
Senators press Trump administration over envoy's possible financial conflicts, letter says
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two Democratic U.S. senators wrote to President Donald Trump's administration on Monday raising "serious concerns" about Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff's po...
Nov 18, 2025
US Congress approves release of Epstein files, putting matter before Trump
By David Morgan, Nolan D. McCaskill, Richard Cowan and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress voted almost unanimously on Tuesday to force the release of Justice De...
Nov 18, 2025
Trump says visiting Saudi crown prince knew nothing about Khashoggi killing, contradicting US intel
By Steve Holland, Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Mohammed bin Salman knew nothing about the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal K...
Nov 18, 2025
Tennessee state judge blocks National Guard deployment to Memphis, court ruling shows
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) -A Tennessee state court judge on Monday temporarily blocked Republican Governor Bill Lee's deployment of National Guard troops to the city of Memphis, ruling tha...
Nov 17, 2025
