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US immigration judge to decide whether Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
By Jonathan Allen JENA, Louisiana (Reuters) -A U.S. immigration judge will rule on Friday whether the government can deport Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil, a month after he was arrested a...
Apr 11, 2025
Musk says he expects to save $150 billion from government 'waste and fraud'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Tech billionaire Elon Musk, tasked by U.S. President Donald Trump with cutting the federal government, said he anticipates saving $150 billion for fiscal year 2026 from a "reduct...
Apr 11, 2025
Trump's tariff pause brings little relief as recession risk lingers
By Liz Lee, Francesco Guarascio and Jeff Mason BEIJING/HANOI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A week of turmoil unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs showed little sign of easing on Friday, with mar...
Apr 10, 2025
Trump seeks to revoke immigrants' Social Security numbers
By Ted Hesson and Daniel Trotta WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration aims to convince some immigrants without legal status to self-deport by adding them to a database of dead people, thus re...
Apr 10, 2025
FDIC hunting for extra 20% staff cut as DOGE descends on agency, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is looking for ways to cut staffing by an additional 20% as part of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency cost-cutting, Bloomberg News r...
Apr 10, 2025
Trump signs bill to nullify expanded IRS crypto broker rule
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law a bill to overturn a revised rule from the Internal Revenue Service that expanded the definition of a broker to includ...
Apr 10, 2025
Judge allows Trump plan requiring registration for immigrants in US illegally
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to go ahead with a plan to make immigrants illegally living in or entering the United States register with the ...
Apr 10, 2025
Top Democrat says new Gabbard task force is 'witch hunt' in spy agencies
By Jonathan Landay and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate's intelligence committee on Thursday said he suspected a task force formed by Director of National In...
Apr 10, 2025
Law firms Latham & Watkins, Simpson Thacher near deals with White House, WSJ reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More large law firms are in talks with the White House to reach agreements to avert restrictions on their businesses by promising to do pro bono work that President Donald Trump ...
Apr 10, 2025
Democratic state AGs sue to restore COVID-related programs for K-12 students
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) -A group of Democratic state attorneys general on Thursday sued the Trump administration in an effort to stop it from cutting off more than $1.1 billion in fundin...
Apr 10, 2025
