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Factbox-All of Donald Trump's tariff threats
(Reuters) - Upon returning to office, U.S. President Donald Trump has launched numerous tariff threats. They range from broad ones - a universal tariff on foreign-imported goods - to ones aimed at spe...
Jan 28, 2025
Trump's freeze on US aid rings alarm bells from Thailand to Ukraine
By Thomas Escritt, Poppy McPherson and Jennifer Rigby BERLIN/BANGKOK/LONDON (Reuters) - Field hospitals in Thai refugee camps, landmine clearance in warzones, and drugs to treat millions suffering fro...
Jan 28, 2025
US Senate votes to confirm Trump nominee to head Transportation Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted 77 to 22 on Tuesday to confirm former Representative Sean Duffy to head the U.S. Transportation Department. President Donald Trump's pick says Boeing needs...
Jan 28, 2025
Senate Republicans push ahead on Trump budget pick Russell Vought
By Bo Erickson and Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate Budget Committee will move ahead on confirming President Donald Trump's pick for budget chief Russell Vo...
Jan 28, 2025
Trump homeland secretary joins ICE in New York as immigration crackdown intensifies
By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's top homeland security official joined officers as they carried out an immigration arrest in New York City on Tuesday, t...
Jan 28, 2025
Non-profits, health groups sue over Trump's freeze on grants, loans
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Four groups representing non-profits, public health professionals and small businesses filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging U.S. President Donald Trump administration's s...
Jan 28, 2025
Trump fires US labor board member, hobbling agency amid legal battles
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has removed a Democratic member of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board from office, an unprecedented move that will escalate an ongoing legal b...
Jan 28, 2025
U.S. House Democrats sound the alarm on firings and reassignments of career DOJ lawyers
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two key Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday demanded more information after the Trump administration abruptly fired career prosecutors wh...
Jan 28, 2025
Democratic US Senator Peters will not seek re-election in 2026
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Gary Peters, the top Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee, said Tuesday he will not seek re-election in 2026. Peters, 66, represents Michigan, a state President D...
Jan 28, 2025
Trump orders pause to all federal grants and loans
By Steve Holland and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's White House ordered a pause in all federal grants and loans starting on Tuesday, a sweeping decision that could disrupt educatio...
Jan 28, 2025
