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Former US labor officials urge contractors to stand firm on DEI
By Simon Jessop and Richa Naidu (Reuters) -A group of former U.S. Department of Labor officials has urged federal contractors to maintain their corporate diversity policies in the face of legal threat...
Apr 15, 2025
Sarah Palin's New York Times defamation case retrial heads to opening statements
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Opening statements are set to begin on Tuesday in the retrial of Sarah Palin's lawsuit accusing the New York Times of defaming the former Alaska governor and Republica...
Apr 15, 2025
Another Columbia student arrested by US immigration officials
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Vermont on Monday ordered the Trump administration not to deport a Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist who was arrested upon arriving ...
Apr 14, 2025
Trump administration moves to scrap Biden-era credit card late fee rule
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration on Monday asked a federal court to throw out a regulation capping credit card late fees at $8, saying it agreed with business and banking groups that...
Apr 14, 2025
Trump administration freezes about $2.3 billion in funding to Harvard
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Education said on Monday it was freezing about $2.3 billion in federal funds to Harvard University over the school's decision to fight White House demands, including...
Apr 14, 2025
Harvard will fight Trump administration demands over funding
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Harvard President Alan Garber wrote in a public letter on Monday that Harvard is resisting demands from the federal Department of Education that threaten "our values as a pri...
Apr 14, 2025
IRS chief information officer announces resignation on eve of tax-filing day
By Nathan Layne and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief information officer at the Internal Revenue Service said he would resign, according to an email sent to staff and seen by Reuters on Monda...
Apr 14, 2025
Exhausted government workers decide to take Trump's second buyout offer
By Tim Reid and Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nick Gioia was terminated from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in February as part of President Donald Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk's effort to...
Apr 14, 2025
Trump administration cancels $3 billion climate-friendly farming program
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday said it had canceled a $3 billion program for climate-smart farming projects after a review found it did not align w...
Apr 14, 2025
Trump administration sued over tariffs in US Court of International Trade
By Jack Queen (Reuters) -A legal advocacy group on Monday asked the U.S. Court of International Trade to block President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on foreign trading partners, arguing the presid...
Apr 14, 2025
