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Trump Homeland nominee Markwayne Mullin advances to vote before full Senate
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Senator Markwayne Mullin to become homeland security secretary, even as the commit...
Mar 19, 2026
Bessent says Fed nominee Warsh meetings with lawmakers going well
WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that meetings between President Donald Trump's Fed chair nominee, Kevin Warsh, and U.S. lawmakers are going very...
Mar 19, 2026
Hegseth wants Pentagon to dump Anthropic's Claude, but military users say it's not so easy
March 19 - Pentagon staffers, former officials and IT contractors who work closely with the U.S. military say they are reluctant to give up Anthropic's AI tools, which they view as superior to alterna...
Mar 19, 2026
Senator Warren presses Fed chair nominee Warsh to clarify Epstein interactions
March 19 (Reuters) - The top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee is demanding that Kevin Warsh, tapped by President Donald Trump to become the next Federal Reserve chair, explain what if any rela...
Mar 19, 2026
FBI probes US security official who quit over Iran war, Semafor reports
WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - Joe Kent, the top U.S. security official who resigned over the war in Iran, is under an FBI investigation for allegedly leaking classified information, Semafor reporte...
Mar 18, 2026
US lawmakers urge Rubio to seek tough standards in any Saudi nuclear power pact
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - A dozen Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to push for "gold standard" non-proliferation protections in any...
Mar 18, 2026
Exclusive-Vance plans Hungary visit in show of support for Orban ahead of tight election, sources say
By Jonathan Landay and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance is planning to visit Hungary in the coming days in a show of support for the country's long-time nati...
Mar 18, 2026
Top US spy cites no foreign threats to November elections
(Removes part of quote inaccurately attributed to Gabbard and amends to clarify that Gabbard did not specifically deny threats in headline, paragraphs 1-5) By Patricia Zengerle, Doina Chiacu and Jonat...
Mar 18, 2026
House Democrat grills US trademark office on Board of Peace backers
By Blake Brittain March 18 (Reuters) - The top Democratic member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee accused the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday of helping obscure who controls and pro...
Mar 18, 2026
US waives shipping regulation to ease fuel, fertilizer deliveries
By Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday announced a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act shipping law, temporarily allowing foreign-flagged v...
Mar 18, 2026
