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US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Alaska campaign finance law
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge based on constitutional free speech protections to a voter-approved measure in Alaska that required greater pu...
Nov 18, 2024
RFK Jr. vaccine views 'dangerous', says cousin and US ambassador Caroline Kennedy
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s views on vaccines are dangerous, his cousin and outgoing U.S. ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy said on Monday, days after Donald Tru...
Nov 18, 2024
Explainer-How Trump could bypass the Senate to install his cabinet picks
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump has said he might install his picks for top administration posts without first winning approval in the U.S. Senate. This would erode the powe...
Nov 18, 2024
Explainer-What comes next for Trump's hush money criminal case?
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York prosecutors this week are expected to tell a judge how they think President-elect Donald Trump's already decided criminal case should proceed in light of his...
Nov 18, 2024
Trump adds more Treasury secretary candidates, media reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump added former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh and billionaire Marc Rowan to the list of candidates to become his Treasury secretary, the New York...
Nov 17, 2024
Trump taps Brendan Carr for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump will tap Brendan Carr as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, he said in a statement on Sunday. Carr is currently the top Republican o...
Nov 17, 2024
Biden aims to finalize clean fuel rule before leaving White House
MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden aims to finalize a rule on a clean fuel tax credit before leaving office on Jan. 20, a senior White House official said on Sunday. The cl...
Nov 17, 2024
Republican senator calls on House to share Matt Gaetz ethics report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin called on the House of Representatives on Sunday to share an unreleased ethics report into alleged sexual misconduct involving a 17-year...
Nov 17, 2024
Trump picks oil industry CEO Chris Wright as Energy Secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that oil and gas industry executive Chris Wright, a staunch defender of fossil fuel use, would be his pick to lead the Department o...
Nov 16, 2024
Trump's transportation chief prospects include former Uber exec, congress members
By Rachael Levy, David Shepardson and Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump transition team is considering a former Uber executive and three current or former Republican congressmen - one o...
Nov 16, 2024
