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WhatsApp banned on US House of Representatives devices, memo shows
By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Meta Platforms' WhatsApp messaging service has been banned from all U.S. House of Representatives devices, according to a memo sent to all House staff on Monday...
Jun 23, 2025
Harvard's AAA rating can withstand Trump threats for now, S&P Global says
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) -The triple A ratings of Harvard and other U.S. Ivy League colleges should be able to withstand all but the most extreme and coordinated tax and endowment fund threats p...
Jun 23, 2025
US Supreme Court rebuffs Virginia's bid to scuttle felon voting ban challenge
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear Virginia's bid to scuttle a lawsuit challenging an 1869 state constitutional provision that imposes a lifetime vo...
Jun 23, 2025
Trump, US Senate Republicans face test as 'Big Beautiful Bill' deadline looms
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies in the Senate face a political free-for-all over passage of his sweeping tax-cut and spending legislation, which Republ...
Jun 23, 2025
Senate Republicans cannot force US Postal Service to scrap EVs, parliamentarian says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senate Republicans cannot force the U.S. Postal Service to scrap thousands of electric vehicles and charging equipment in a massive tax and budget bill, the Senate parliamentaria...
Jun 22, 2025
Analysis-Strikes on Iran mark Trump's biggest, and riskiest, foreign policy gamble
By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -With his unprecedented decision to bomb Iran's nuclear sites, directly joining Israel's air attack on its regional arch-foe, U.S. President Donald Trump has do...
Jun 22, 2025
Congress members split over US attack on Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. Congress delivered swift reactions to U.S. bombings of Iranian nuclear facilities early on Sunday. The following are statements from...
Jun 21, 2025
Vance, in Los Angeles, says troops need to stay, blasts Newsom over immigration
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Republican Vice President JD Vance on Friday met troops who have been deployed in Los Angeles to quell protests against immigration raids, as he accused Democratic s...
Jun 20, 2025
US judge blocks slashing of universities' federal funding from National Science Foundation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday blocked the National Science Foundation from sharply cutting research funding provided to universities in the latest legal setback to efforts by U.S. Pr...
Jun 20, 2025
Top Pentagon spy pick rejected by White House, Politico reports
(Reuters) -The White House recently rejected the Pentagon's pick to head the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, Politico reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with the move. I...
Jun 20, 2025
