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Columbia University adds 36 new campus patrol officers with powers of arrest
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 36 new special patrol officers announced last month by Columbia University were appointed by the New York Police Department and will be subject to the orders...
Apr 05, 2025
Trump administration appoints junior officer to oversee US Foreign Service - sources
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has appointed a national security lawyer who entered the foreign service just four years ago as the top official overseeing the State D...
Apr 05, 2025
USAID team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says
By Poppy McPherson BANGKOK (Reuters) - Three U.S. aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country's massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said, as the...
Apr 05, 2025
Trump opponents ready to take to streets with nationwide protests
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Some 1,200 demonstrations are planned across the U.S. on Saturday in what organizers expect to be the largest single day of protest against President Donald Trump and his ...
Apr 05, 2025
US Senate Republicans pass measure to move forward on Trump's tax cuts
By David Morgan, Richard Cowan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate approved a Republican budget blueprint early on Saturday that aims to extend trillions of dollars worth of Presiden...
Apr 05, 2025
US starts collecting Trump's new 10% tariff, smashing global trade norms
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. customs agents began collecting President Donald Trump's unilateral 10% tariff on all imports from many countries on Saturday, with higher levies on goods f...
Apr 05, 2025
George Santos should serve more than 7 years in prison for fraud scheme, US prosecutors say
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Former U.S. Representative George Santos, who was expelled from Congress after a brief and scandal-plagued tenure, should be sentenced to more than seven years in prison for ...
Apr 04, 2025
US far-right activist raises loyalty test that could deepen purge of security agencies
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While National Security Agency chief General Timothy Haugh apparently was not told why he was abruptly fired this week, a far-right activist who u...
Apr 04, 2025
US IRS to cut 25% of its employees, Washington Post reports
(Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service plans to cut nearly 25% of its workforce in layoffs affecting roughly 20,000 jobs, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing records and people famil...
Apr 04, 2025
Trump administration drops Biden's proposal of Medicare weight-loss drug coverage
(Reuters) -The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Friday that it did not move forward with a proposal put forth by the Biden administration on Medicare coverage of weight-loss drugs such...
Apr 04, 2025
