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White House freezes $2.1 billion in Chicago transit projects
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government has put $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects on hold, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said on Friday, in a...
Oct 03, 2025
Trump's powers in spotlight as new Supreme Court term looms
By Jan Wolfe and Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court is set to scrutinize presidential powers in major cases during its new term opening on Monday, including the legality of Presi...
Oct 03, 2025
Analysis-Democrats rally around healthcare in shutdown fight, hoping for edge in 2026
By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. Congress have rallied around healthcare as their top policy issue in a government shutdown standoff with President Donald Trump's Repu...
Oct 03, 2025
US Senate to vote on dueling plans to end shutdown, though neither likely to pass
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will vote again on Friday on dueling Democratic and Republican plans to end a government shutdown now entering its third day, though there is no ...
Oct 03, 2025
Trump in talks to appear on '60 minutes', Semafor reports
(Reuters) -The White House is in talks with CBS News program "60 Minutes" about conducting an interview with U.S. President Donald Trump, Semafor reported on Thursday, citing four people with knowledg...
Oct 02, 2025
Trump determines US is at war with drug cartels, document to Congress says
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has determined the United States is engaged in "a non-international armed conflict" with drug cartels, according to a docume...
Oct 02, 2025
US Justice Department fires two who worked for Biden-era official targeted by Trump, sources say
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two federal prosecutors who once worked for former Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco have been fired, as President Donald Trump's administration expands its t...
Oct 02, 2025
Trump says there could be firings and project cuts if shutdown continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said federal workers could be fired and projects cut if a government shutdown continues, even as he suggested Americans might get rebate c...
Oct 02, 2025
Exclusive-Trump targets deals in pharma, AI, energy, mining before midterm elections
By Dawn Kopecki, Jarrett Renshaw, Sabrina Valle and Ernest Scheyder NEW YORK, October 2 (Reuters) -Eli Lilly was asked to produce more insulin; Pfizer to produce more of its top-selling cancer drug Ib...
Oct 02, 2025
Senators call on Boeing to end eight-week-long St. Louis strike
(Reuters) -U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders urged Boeing in a letter sent on Wednesday to end the eight-week-long strike in the St. Louis area, where it produces fighters, munitions and other military airc...
Oct 02, 2025
