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Factbox-What's in the US Senate budget to advance Trump's tax cuts?
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans are working to pass a budget measure that they need to extend President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts -- and potentially cut other taxes -- ...
Apr 04, 2025
Trump says 'perfect time' for Fed to cut interest rates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday called on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to cut interest rates, saying it was the "perfect time" to do so. "CUT INTEREST RATES, JERO...
Apr 04, 2025
Washington D.C.'s top prosecutor to probe alleged media leaks on Jan 6 cases, email says
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Washington, D.C.'s top federal prosecutor announced on Friday that he is launching investigations into whether people improperly leaked information about the pr...
Apr 04, 2025
Trump to investors: My policies will never change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday told investors who he said were investing money in the United States that his policies would never change, as global stock markets tumbled f...
Apr 04, 2025
China to impose tariffs of 34% on all US goods from April 10
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's finance ministry said on Friday it will impose additional tariffs of 34% on all U.S. goods from April 10 as a countermeasure to sweeping tariffs imposed by U.S. President D...
Apr 04, 2025
Europe prepares response to Trump tariffs as global markets plunge
By Philip Blenkinsop, Gianluca Lo Nostro and Satoshi Sugiyama BRUSSELS/PARIS/TOKYO (Reuters) -Europe's top trade official will speak with U.S. counterparts on Friday, as countries around the world fig...
Apr 04, 2025
US Senate embarks upon exhaustive budget and tax debate
By Richard Cowan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Friday was set to start a marathon session aimed at eventually handing Republican President Donald Trump sweeping legislation ...
Apr 04, 2025
As dusk falls in Washington on Fridays, the firings begin
By Tim Reid and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mary Glantz was in her room at a Hampton Inn in Columbia, South Carolina, last Friday night during a trip visiting friends when her phone began ping...
Apr 04, 2025
Trump layoffs begin to erode FDA drug review system
By Ahmed Aboulenein, Julie Steenhuysen and Maggie Fick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration's mass firings at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have removed employees critical to reviewi...
Apr 04, 2025
Trump administration shutters DC foreign policy think tank Wilson Center
(Reuters) - Nearly all employees at the Wilson Center, a non-partisan foreign policy think tank in Washington, have been placed on leave, the New York Times reported on Thursday. About 130 staff at th...
Apr 03, 2025
