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Trump planning to tap loyalist Vought to lead OMB, sources say
By Gram Slattery and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump is planning to tap conservative loyalist Russell Vought to be the director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, ac...
Nov 20, 2024
Joe Biden turns 82 years old, a first for a sitting US president
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden turned 82 years old on Wednesday, an age milestone never before reached by a sitting commander in chief. The president had no public events on his Wednesday calend...
Nov 20, 2024
Senators want Biden administration to back hiking mandatory pilot retirement age
(Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators including incoming Majority Leader John Thune on Wednesday urged the Biden administration to back international efforts to raise the mandatory pilot ret...
Nov 20, 2024
Trump team weighs creating first-ever White House crypto role, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's team is holding discussions with the digital asset industry about whether to create a new White House post solely dedicated to crypto policy, Bloomberg News ...
Nov 20, 2024
Musk, Ramaswamy plan to lean on Supreme Court rulings to reduce federal agencies reach
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's government efficiency panel said in a Wall Street Journal opinion story on Wednesday that they will apply recent Supreme Court rulings that can be used to take power away from ...
Nov 20, 2024
Republican House Speaker says Capitol bathrooms restricted by 'biological sex'
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday that all single-sex facilities in the U.S. Capitol building would be reserved for "individuals of that biolog...
Nov 20, 2024
Trump pick for Manhattan's top federal prosecutor urges focus on national security, money laundering
By Chris Prentice and Echo Wang NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jay Clayton, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, said the office is well-positioned to focus on national security a...
Nov 20, 2024
Trump's lawyers say hush money case must be dismissed after election victory
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers told a judge that the Republican's conviction for illegally covering up hush money payments to a porn star should be dismissed because he won the U.S. ...
Nov 20, 2024
Trump picks Matthew Whitaker as nominee for NATO ambassador -statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday he has chosen former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to be the U.S. ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ...
Nov 20, 2024
Matt Gaetz probe in focus as House Ethics panel expected to meet
By Bo Erickson and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Ethics Committee is expected to meet behind closed doors Wednesday as some Senate Republicans call for it to share the findin...
Nov 20, 2024
