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Exclusive-Rights groups preparing to file lawsuit against Trump's transgender troops order, source says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Transgender rights advocacy groups are preparing to file a lawsuit as early as Tuesday against U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order that targeted transgender service me...
Jan 28, 2025
Republican state attorneys pressure Costco to drop diversity policies
(Reuters) - Nineteen Republican attorneys general have called on Costco Wholesale to abandon its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, citing concerns about discrimination and legal risks. This c...
Jan 28, 2025
White House pauses federal grant, loan other assistance programs
By Steve Holland and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has temporarily paused grant, loan and other financial assistance programs at the Office of Management and Budget, acco...
Jan 27, 2025
Trump administration puts on leave nearly 60 USAID career staff after aid freeze
By Daphne Psaledakis, Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (...
Jan 27, 2025
Quakers sue to keep US immigration agents out of houses of worship
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Quaker groups sued on Monday to prevent U.S. immigration agents from carrying arrests and searches in houses of worship, after the Trump Administration rescinded guidance that ...
Jan 27, 2025
Trump calls on US Congress to boost funding for border security
MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he wants Congress to pass a bill that includes an increase in funding to secure the country's borders. Trump made the comments in a speech ...
Jan 27, 2025
Bessent confirmed as Treasury secretary by majority of Senate; voting continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. Senate on Monday backed President Donald Trump's nomination of Scott Bessent to be Treasury secretary and thus a leading voice in managing the country's e...
Jan 27, 2025
Scott Bessent wins Senate confirmation as US Treasury secretary
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Scott Bessent to be President Donald Trump's Treasury secretary, giving the billionaire hedge fund manager a central role in shaping the n...
Jan 27, 2025
US Justice Department senior career ethics official removed from post, source says
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has removed the U.S. Justice Department's senior career ethics official from his post, according to a person familiar with the matter,...
Jan 27, 2025
Trump fires officials who worked for prosecutor Jack Smith, Fox News reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Justice Department is firing more than a dozen officials who worked on Special Counsel Jack Smith's cases against President Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his ...
Jan 27, 2025
