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Judge orders hearing over Trump DOJ's bid to toss Eric Adams corruption case
By Susan Heavey and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday ordered U.S. prosecutors to appear in court this week to address why they are seeking to dismiss criminal charges filed aga...
Feb 18, 2025
Senior U.S. prosecutor resigns, citing demands to open probe into Biden-era contract
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top federal prosecutor who supervised criminal cases at the Washington D.C. U.S. Attorney's office resigned on Tuesday, citing what she described as an imp...
Feb 18, 2025
Musk's team may access US Education Department systems, judge rules
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has rejected a bid to bar the government downsizing team created by President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk from accessing internal sys...
Feb 18, 2025
As Trump rolls back DEI, Black business leaders say bigger structural change is needed
By Bianca Flowers and Helen Coster CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Casey Cooper knew the odds were stacked against her as a Black woman when she entered the long-haul trucking industry, a male-dominated ...
Feb 18, 2025
White House says Musk is not DOGE employee, has no authority to make decisions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration is as a White House employee and senior adviser to the president, and is not an employee of the Department of Government...
Feb 17, 2025
FAA fires fewer than 400 workers, transportation chief says
By Valerie Volcovici and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration fired fewer than 400 employees out of its workforce of 45,000, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...
Feb 17, 2025
New York Governor Hochul to meet for talks on stability for New York City
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Governor of New York Kathy Hochul said on Monday she will meet key leaders on Tuesday for a conversation about "the goal of ensuring stability" for New York City. Her comments c...
Feb 17, 2025
Acting Social Security head leaves after clash with DOGE, Washington Post reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The acting commissioner of the U.S. Social Security Administration Michelle King has left her job after clashing with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) over...
Feb 17, 2025
Delaware bill would limit investor lawsuits as companies threaten to leave the state
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Delaware lawmakers on Monday proposed changes to the U.S. state's widely used corporate law that would limit shareholder lawsuits after several high-profil...
Feb 17, 2025
Exclusive-FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink were included in DOGE employee firings, sources say
By Rachael Levy and Marisa Taylor (Reuters) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend as part of a broader purge o...
Feb 17, 2025
