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Exclusive-Trump official tried to ban half of US voting machines, citing conspiracy theories
By Erin Banco, Jonathan Landay and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's election-security czar last year sought to ban voting machines used in more than half of...
May 22, 2026
US temporarily moving immigration lawyers to DOJ to speed up citizenship crackdown, Axios reports
May 22 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is temporarily moving immigration lawyers to the Justice Department to speed up efforts to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans, Axios reported on F...
May 22, 2026
US House Republicans cancel Iran war powers vote
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives unexpectedly canceled a vote on Thursday on a resolution seeking to end the Iran war unless ...
May 21, 2026
Republican revolt over Trump 'anti-weaponization' fund stalls ICE funding vote
By Richard Cowan, David Morgan, Bo Erickson and Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans abandoned plans to vote on funding for immigration enforcement on Thursday in a revo...
May 21, 2026
Democrats release ‘autopsy’ on 2024 US election loss but reject findings
By Joseph Ax May 21 (Reuters) - Bowing to pressure from within its ranks, the Democratic National Committee released on Thursday its longwithheld "autopsy" of Kamala Harris' loss to Donald Trump in th...
May 21, 2026
US Senate abandons Trump immigration enforcement funding deadline, Republican senators say
WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is abandoning President Donald Trump's June 1 deadline for passing immigration enforcement funding, Republican senators said on Thursday. Senators Bill C...
May 21, 2026
Minnesota hunger non-profit leader gets 41 years in prison for $250 million fraud scheme
May 19 (Reuters) - The leader of a Minnesota non-profit group was sentenced to 41 years in prison on Thursday after she was convicted last year of being the ringleader of a $250 million scheme to defr...
May 21, 2026
U.S. Senate Republicans meet with AG Blanche on Trump fund
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Senate Republicans were meeting with Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday to discuss the Trump administration's $1.8 billion "weaponiza...
May 21, 2026
Exclusive-US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair warns of China role in Argentina contract bid
By Leila Miller and Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Brian Mast has warned U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio of "Chinese malign in...
May 21, 2026
Democratic senators raise alarm over foreign investment in Paramount, Warner Bros merger
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - A group of six Democratic senators have expressed serious concerns about planned foreign ownership interests, including from Gulf sovereign wealth fu...
May 21, 2026
