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USDA moves to end employee union contracts, documents show
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON -The U.S. Department of Agriculture moved on Tuesday to terminate union contracts with thousands of employees of its animal health and food safety inspection agencies, accor...
Aug 13, 2025
Trump wins appeal over freeze on foreign aid payments
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Wednesday lifted an injunction that required the U.S. State Department to continue making foreign aid payments, handing a victory to Presi...
Aug 13, 2025
Groups sue Trump agencies for using 'secret' report to reverse core of US climate rules
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two major environmental groups announced on Tuesday they have sued the Trump administration for secretly convening a group of climate skeptics, which prepare...
Aug 13, 2025
Trump to visit Kennedy Center, announce names of 2025 honorees
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will visit the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday to unveil its 2025 honorees for artistic excellence and to...
Aug 13, 2025
How the unraveling of two Pentagon projects may result in a costly do-over
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's Navy and Air Force are poised to cancel two nearly complete software projects that took 12 years and well over $800 million combined to develop,...
Aug 13, 2025
Tariff revenue makes it hard for Supreme Court to rule against Trump, Bessent says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Increasing revenues flowing into U.S. government coffers from tariffs would make it difficult for the Supreme Court to rule against the Trump administration on the issue if a low...
Aug 12, 2025
US plans to keep publishing monthly jobs report, White House says
By Dan Burns (Reuters) -The White House on Tuesday said it is "the plan" that the Bureau of Labor Statistics will continue to publish its closely watched monthly employment report after President Dona...
Aug 12, 2025
Democrats fret about which city may be next as National Guard gathers in US capital
By Andrew Goudsward and Julia Harte WASHINGTON -A steady stream of uniformed soldiers arrived at the National Guard headquarters in Washington on Tuesday morning, a day after President Donald Trump to...
Aug 12, 2025
Trump weighing lawsuit against Fed's Powell over renovations, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a lawsuit against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell related to his management of renovations at the Fed's Washington headquarters, Wh...
Aug 12, 2025
State Department softens criticism of Trump partner countries in overhauled human rights report
By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration has significantly changed a key U.S. government report on human rights worldwide, dramatically soft...
Aug 12, 2025
