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Memo says mass layoffs at Veterans' Affairs will begin early as June
By Alexandra Alper and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Department of Veterans Affairs will begin mass layoffs at the politically sensitive agency as early as June, according to a memo reviewed...
Mar 09, 2025
US-Hamas meeting very helpful, US envoy Boehler says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's hostage envoy Adam Boehler said on Sunday that U.S. meetings with Hamas on the release of hostages held in Gaza were very helpful and he did not rule out...
Mar 09, 2025
Trump adviser hopes Canada fentanyl dispute will be solved by end of March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Sunday he was hopeful a dispute with Canada over accusations of the deadly fentanyl opioid entering the U.S. across its northe...
Mar 09, 2025
Trump will not ease up on fentanyl-related tariffs, US Commerce Secretary Lutnick says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will not let up his pressure on tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China related to their handling of fentanyl, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sai...
Mar 09, 2025
Environmental NGO sues Trump's EPA, Citibank over funding freeze
By Rich McKay (Reuters) -An environmental nonprofit sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Citibank on Saturday, seeking billions of dollars for solar and other projects frozen by the bank ...
Mar 08, 2025
Top oil executives reckon with downturn even as Trump cheers them on
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -The world's energy industry leaders meet in Houston next week as plummeting oil prices push Big Oil to slash thousands of jobs even as a pro-fossil fuel U.S. ad...
Mar 08, 2025
Trump Justice Department fires head of organized crime drug task force
By Sarah N. Lynch and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of a key U.S. Justice Department task force that combats drugs and organized crime was fired on Friday, amid a move by President Donal...
Mar 08, 2025
US House Republicans unveil six-month stopgap bill to avert shutdown
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in control of the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled their six-month stopgap government funding bill on Saturday to avoid a potential government sh...
Mar 08, 2025
US House Republicans unveil six-month stopgap funding bill to avert shutdown
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled their six-month stopgap funding bill on Saturday, which if passed by Congress would avert a gove...
Mar 08, 2025
US Secretary of Health Kennedy to meet food company chiefs next week, Politico reports
(Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to meet with senior executives from leading food companies like General Mills and PepsiCo on March 10, Politico repor...
Mar 08, 2025
