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US transportation chief to call for overhaul of air traffic control system
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will urge Congress on Thursday to approve billions of dollars to replace aging radar, telecommunications equipment, to...
May 08, 2025
Exclusive-US Democratic lawmaker asks Pentagon watchdog to probe if deportation flight broke law
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A top Democratic lawmaker has asked the Pentagon's Inspector General's office to investigate whether the U.S. military broke the law when it deport...
May 08, 2025
Trump renews criticism of Fed's Powell for not cutting rates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his criticism on Thursday of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, complaining the Fed is refusing to lower interest rates. Trump said cutting ...
May 08, 2025
Trump asks US Supreme Court to allow revocation of migrants' legal status
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to intervene in its bid to revoke the temporary legal status granted by his predecessor Joe ...
May 08, 2025
Trump to pick new top D.C. prosecutor after Ed Martin fails to secure support
By Sarah N. Lynch and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Thursday said he plans to nominate a new candidate to serve as Washington, D.C.'s top federal prosecutor, after his f...
May 08, 2025
US House passes bill on Trump's Gulf of America
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to formally change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, following President Do...
May 08, 2025
Exclusive-DOGE-led software revamp to speed US job cuts even as Musk steps back
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The federal human resources agency at the heart of billionaire Elon Musk's efforts to slash the federal workforce is poised to roll out software to speed layof...
May 08, 2025
US AI execs to give Congress policy wishlist for beating China
By Alexandra Alper and Jody Godoy WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top executives at American AI giants OpenAI, Microsoft and AMD are set to appear at a U.S. Senate hearing on Thursday and outline ways they beli...
May 08, 2025
Workday gets contract from US agency behind DOGE's staff cuts without competitive tender
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal HR agency at the heart of billionaire Trump advisor Elon Musk's efforts to slash the federal workforce says it has awarded a contract for a new cl...
May 08, 2025
Can Trump's tax cuts be made permanent? Tariffs, spending fights cloud the picture
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican hopes of making all of President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts permanent are in jeopardy in Congress, as lawmakers struggle to agree on how to pay for t...
May 08, 2025
