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US Representative Nancy Mace attacked in Capitol over transgender bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Nancy Mace said she was attacked in the Capitol by an activist angry over a bill she introduced aimed at blocking the chamber's first openly trans...
Dec 11, 2024
Blinken to testify in Congress on Afghanistan weeks before his term ends
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken will testify to a Republican-led House of Representatives committee on Wednesday on the August 2021 U.S. withdrawal from A...
Dec 11, 2024
Trump plans major reshaping of U.S. policies within hours of taking office
By Steve Holland, Gram Slattery and Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump is planning a blizzard of more than 25 executive orders and directives on his first day in offic...
Dec 11, 2024
Trump picks Ron Johnson as US ambassador to Mexico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump has picked former U.S. ambassador to El Salvador Ronald Johnson as the next United States ambassador to Mexico, Trump said on social media on Tuesda...
Dec 10, 2024
Trump picks Andrew Ferguson to chair FTC
By Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump tapped Federal Trade Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to lead the consumer protection and antitrust agency, Trump said on social media ...
Dec 10, 2024
Trump picks Colony Capital founder Tom Barrack as ambassador to Turkey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tom Barrack, a onetime private equity executive and fundraiser for Donald Trump, has been picked by the president-elect as the U.S. ambassador to Turkey, Trump said on social me...
Dec 10, 2024
Trump hush money conviction must stand despite election win, prosecutors say
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's criminal conviction on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star must stand despite his victory in the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, pr...
Dec 10, 2024
US judge blocks Biden healthcare rule for DACA immigrants in some states
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in North Dakota has blocked the Biden administration from requiring 19 Republican-led states to provide health insurance coverage to immigrants brought to t...
Dec 10, 2024
Justice Department watchdog faults subpoenas to Congress in Trump's first term
By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog said on Tuesday that prosecutors' decision to subpoena records from members of Congress an...
Dec 10, 2024
U.S. imposes trade restrictions on two Chinese firms over human rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States added two Chinese companies to a trade restriction list on Tuesday for allegedly enabling human rights violations as President Joe Biden kept up the pressure o...
Dec 10, 2024
