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As US Supreme Court girds for Trump cases, can it be an 'effective firewall'?
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's sweeping assertions of executive power during his first weeks back in office appear headed toward U.S. Supreme Court showdowns, but it re...
Feb 07, 2025
Republican tax, spending package to be unveiled this weekend, US House speaker says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans' tax and spending package will be announced this weekend, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Friday. "Probably not today," Johnson said of an anno...
Feb 07, 2025
Trump tasked VP Vance and security adviser Waltz to oversee potential TikTok deal, Punchbowl News reports
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has tasked Vice President JD Vance and national security adviser Michael Waltz with overseeing a potential sale of TikTok, Punchbowl News reported on Friday. (R...
Feb 07, 2025
US Federal Election Commission chair says Trump removed her from office
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Federal Election Commission Commissioner and Chair Ellen Weintraub said on Thursday she received a letter from President Donald Trump removing her from off...
Feb 06, 2025
US Senate confirms Trump budget director pick Vought
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee Russell Vought as budget director on Thursday, placing the reins of government funding ...
Feb 06, 2025
Trump administration sued by government workers over cuts to USAID
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -The largest U.S. government workers' union and an association of foreign service workers sued the Trump administration on Thursday in an effort to reverse its aggressive ...
Feb 06, 2025
Republicans say they are nearing deal on Trump's tax cuts, but not there yet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Congressional Republicans emerged from a five-hour meeting with President Donald Trump on Thursday without having reached an deal on how to extend his sweeping tax cuts, though s...
Feb 06, 2025
Trump administration keeping only 294 USAID staff out of over 10,000 globally, sources say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration plans to keep fewer than 300 staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development out of the agency's worldwide total of more than 10,0...
Feb 06, 2025
US judge accuses Trump of ignoring rule of law to curb birthright citizenship
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday accused Donald Trump of ignoring the rule of law for political and personal gain as he declared an executive order that the Republica...
Feb 06, 2025
Top Trump prosecutor in DC faces bar complaint for dismissing January 6 charges against client
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's top prosecutor in Washington is facing a complaint alleging he violated professional conduct rules when he asked a judge to dismiss cr...
Feb 06, 2025
