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Factbox-What's in the Republicans' new six-month stopgap funding bill?
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives plan to vote on Tuesday on a six-month stopgap funding bill to fund the government through October 31...
Mar 10, 2025
Rubio says US hostage envoy's direct meeting with Hamas was 'one-off'
By Daphne Psaledakis JEDDAH (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's hostage envoy Adam Boehler's direct meetings with Palestinian militant group Hamas on the release of hostages in Gaza was a "one-off sit...
Mar 10, 2025
Trump says arrest of pro-Palestinian Columbia student is first of many to come
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the arrest of a Palestinian graduate student who has played a prominent role in pro-Palestinian protests at New York's Columbia Un...
Mar 10, 2025
US labor board opts not to defend law barring Trump from firing Democratic member
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. agency that enforces the labor rights of private-sector workers is abandoning its legal defense of a law barring the president from removing appointees at will,...
Mar 10, 2025
Trump administration launches new 'self-deportation' app
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON -The Trump administration rolled out a new app on Monday that will allow immigrants in the United States illegally to "self deport" rather than face possible arrest and detent...
Mar 10, 2025
Trump administration scraps over 80% of USAID programs, top diplomat Rubio says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration has closed more than 80% of programs and 5,200 contracts at the U.S. Agency for International Development, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, as his de...
Mar 10, 2025
Congressional Republicans seek to unite around bill to avert government shutdown
By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress looked set to move ahead this week to keep the government funded and avert a partial shutdo...
Mar 10, 2025
Trump says government shutdown is possible, but expects to avert it
By Gram Slattery ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that a government shutdown "could happen" if the House of Representatives cannot muster enough votes to pass...
Mar 09, 2025
US authorities arrest Palestinian student protester at Columbia University
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Agents from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration arrested a Palestinian graduate student who played a prominent role in last year's pro-Palestinian protes...
Mar 09, 2025
Homeland Security appoints new leadership at ICE amid faltering deportation push
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appointed new leadership at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Sunday as the agency struggles to meet President...
Mar 09, 2025
