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Outgoing US Attorney General Garland tells career staff to stick to 'norms'
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, preparing to step down from his post, will urge career civil servants at the Justice Department on Thursday not to let u...
Jan 16, 2025
Trump says he'll nominate Bill Pulte to run federal housing regulator
(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he would nominate Bill Pulte to be the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). "Bill needs no formal introduction to ...
Jan 16, 2025
Trump's US Treasury pick Bessent says extending tax cuts a top priority
(Reuters) - Scott Bessent, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Treasury Department, on Thursday said that extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of this y...
Jan 16, 2025
Desantis picks Florida AG Moody to succeed Rubio in US Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday picked Ashley Moody, the state's attorney general, to replace Senator Marco Rubio when he leaves his office to become the next U.S. Sec...
Jan 16, 2025
Trump nominee for Interior backs full-throttle drilling on federal lands
(Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of the interior, Doug Burgum, will tell lawmakers during his nomination hearing on Thursday that he will vigorously pursue Trump's goals o...
Jan 16, 2025
The migrants on the frontline of Trump’s mass deportation plan
By Kristina Cooke and Ted Hesson Blanca Figueroa and Severiano Martinez have known from the start of their eight-year marriage that she was at risk of deportation because she entered the United States...
Jan 16, 2025
Giuliani defends Palm Beach home in battle over defamation payout
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who served as Donald Trump's personal lawyer, heads to trial on Thursday in his bid to block two Georgia election worker...
Jan 16, 2025
Pharma digs in on changes it wants from Trump administration
By Deena Beasley SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The pharmaceutical industry, grappling with new government limits on drug prices, is focusing its requests for president-elect Donald Trump and Congress on "...
Jan 16, 2025
Insight: How bond vigilantes could check Trump's power
By Lawrence Delevingne, Yoruk Bahceli, Davide Barbuscia and Dhara Ranasinghe NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - When Bill Clinton began his first term as president in 1993, he faced a challenge to his author...
Jan 16, 2025
Trump Treasury pick Bessent faces Senate grilling on taxes, trade, deficits
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary, hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, vowed to maintain the dollar's status as the world's reserve curren...
Jan 16, 2025
