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Explainer-Can Trump pay US government employees to quit their jobs?
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The Trump administration has unveiled a novel plan offering financial incentives to 2 million civilian full-time federal workers to quit their jobs as part of a planned ...
Jan 30, 2025
Rubio to take up Trump's Panama gambit, migration crusade in Latam visit
By Simon Lewis and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Marco Rubio arrives in Latin America this weekend on his first foreign trip as Donald Trump's secretary of state, he'll find a region ree...
Jan 30, 2025
Trump FBI director nominee Kash Patel to face fiery Senate confirmation hearing
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, will face probing questions from U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats on Thursday about his...
Jan 30, 2025
Trump intel nominee Gabbard faces senators and a rough confirmation path
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's choice to be Director of National Intelligence, will face tough questioning on Russia, Sy...
Jan 30, 2025
Kennedy, fresh off grilling, heads back to US Senate for a second hearing
By Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr, President Donald Trump's pick to run the top U.S. health agency, heads to the Senate Health committee on Thursday after being grilled by Democrats ...
Jan 30, 2025
Factbox-Where do the legal cases against Trump's executive orders stand?
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Donald Trump's flurry of executive orders has sparked lawsuits seeking to stymie the U.S. president's plans for cracking down on immigration, shaking up the federal bureaucra...
Jan 30, 2025
Aid groups get blanket order to pause U.S.-funded programs as payments dry up
By Michelle Nichols and Dan Burns UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.S. Agency for International Development has told all aid groups to immediately pause all U.S.-funded programs "until further notice" ...
Jan 29, 2025
Meta to pay $25 million to settle Trump's 2021 lawsuit over suspended accounts
(Reuters) - Meta Platforms on Wednesday said it has agreed to pay about $25 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over the company's suspension of his accounts after the Jan. 6, 2021, ...
Jan 29, 2025
US to rescind Biden highway climate rule for states
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it plans to rescind a climate rule adopted by the administration of former President Joe Biden requiring ...
Jan 29, 2025
Trump orders agencies to scrub 'gender ideology' from contracts, websites
By Jarrett Renshaw and David Shepardson (Reuters) - The Trump administration ordered federal agencies to scrub mentions of "gender ideology" in contracts, job descriptions and social media accounts in...
Jan 29, 2025
