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US judge inclined to issue order restricting Trump administration from pausing loans
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday said he was inclined to temporarily block the Trump administration from pausing federal loans, grants and other financial assistance, intervening ...
Jan 29, 2025
Justice Department discusses dropping New York mayor corruption case, NYT reports
(Reuters) - Senior Justice Department officials and federal prosecutors in Manhattan have held talks about dropping the corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams, the New York Times reported o...
Jan 29, 2025
Unions warn government workers not to trust Trump's offer to quit
By Tim Reid, Timothy Gardner and Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two of America's biggest federal worker unions told members on Wednesday not to trust a Trump administration offer to 2 million gov...
Jan 29, 2025
US Senate confirms Zeldin as EPA adminstrator
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted 56-42 to confirm former Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, tasked with rolling...
Jan 29, 2025
Trump says funding freeze was targeted at waste and fraud
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a temporary freeze on certain discretionary spending announced by his administration a day earlier was meant to give time to the go...
Jan 29, 2025
Trump says he will instruct Homeland Security, Pentagon to prepare migrant facility at Guantanamo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will sign an executive order instructing the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a migrant facility at G...
Jan 29, 2025
Kennedy says he will finalize rules that increase diversity in clinical trials
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's pick to lead the top U.S. health agency, told U.S. senators during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday that h...
Jan 29, 2025
House Republicans fail to clinch deal on tax cuts, despite Trump's urging
By David Morgan MIAMI (Reuters) - A three-day meeting of U.S. House Republicans, meant to jumpstart President Donald Trump's $4 trillion tax cut agenda, ended on Wednesday without a deal as party fisc...
Jan 29, 2025
Trump's plan to reclassify, fire federal workers challenged by union
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The largest union representing U.S. government employees filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to block President Donald Trump's plan to reclassify up to 50,000 federal workers an...
Jan 29, 2025
White House rescinds order that had frozen federal aid, official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House Office of Management and Budget has rescinded a Trump administration directive pausing federal loans, grants and other financial assistance, a White House offici...
Jan 29, 2025
