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Republicans hope to nudge Trump agenda toward passage despite divisions
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives will try to nudge President Donald Trump's sweeping tax bill toward passage this week, despite a running...
May 19, 2025
Former US President Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive' prostate cancer
(Reuters) -Former U.S. President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that has metastasized to the bone, his office said in a statement on Sunday. Biden, 82, was d...
May 18, 2025
Republican US Congress to try again on Trump tax cuts, Bessent dismisses credit downgrade
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress on Sunday sought to push forward with President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut bill, as one of his top economic officials...
May 18, 2025
US Treasury chief dismisses Moody's downgrade amid Trump tax cut debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday dismissed Moody's downgrade of the U.S. sovereign credit rating, as the Republican-controlled Congress tried to push ahead on President...
May 18, 2025
Analysis-Moody's downgrade intensifies investor worry about US fiscal path
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. sovereign downgrade by Moody's has exacerbated investor worries about a looming debt time-bomb that could spur bond market vigilantes who want to see mor...
May 18, 2025
Trump tells Walmart to 'eat the tariffs' instead of raising prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Walmart should "eat the tariffs" instead of blaming duties imposed by his administration on imported goods for the retailer's in...
May 17, 2025
Trump pushes US Federal Reserve for rate cuts
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Saturday said in a social media post the U.S. Federal Reserve should cut rates "sooner, rather than later." (Reporting by Bo Erickson; Ed...
May 17, 2025
Court gives go-ahead to Trump's plan to halt union bargaining for many federal workers
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal appeals court lifted an order on Friday that blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal employees of the ...
May 16, 2025
Trump administration, reversing Biden, allows 'forced reset triggers' for guns
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration agreed on Friday to permit the sale and possession of devices that let gun enthusiasts convert semiautomatic rifles into weapons...
May 16, 2025
Trump administration to release audio of Biden's special counsel interview, New York Times reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration plans to release audio of former U.S. President Joe Biden's 2023 interview with the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents, T...
May 16, 2025
