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By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Advocacy groups representing FBI agents appealed to the U.S. Congress on Monday to intervene to stop possible mass firings of agents who w...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chris Wright, a top Trump donor and founder of the oilfield services firm Liberty Energy, garnered enough votes in the U.S. Senate on Monday to become U.S. energy secretary. As ...

By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some lawmakers in the U.S. Congress have expressed dismay at President Donald Trump's threat to slap new tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico, but they have limite...

By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering merging the U.S. international aid agency (USAID) into the State Department in a major revamp tha...

By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Elon Musk, who has moved swiftly to shrink the size of the U.S. government at President Donald Trump's behest, is now considered a "special gov...

By Andrew Goudsward and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. judge on Monday extended a pause on the Trump administration's plan to freeze federal loans, grants and other financial assistance, fol...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz said on Monday he would block Senate votes on President Donald Trump's nominees for diplomatic positions in protest over moves to close the U.S. Agency...

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal prosecutor appointed by President Donald Trump asked Elon Musk for information about anyone trying to impede the work of the billionaire's governme...

By Julia Harte (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department formed a multi-agency task force on Monday to fight antisemitism, with its first priority "rooting out" antisemitic harassment in schools and uni...

By Jonathan Landay and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were informed on Monday that their headquarters in downtown Washingto...