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Senators urge Trump to scrap social media vetting for foreign tourists
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Two Democratic senators urged the Trump administration on Friday to abandon a proposal to require millions of foreign visitors to provide social medi...
Feb 13, 2026
US Homeland Security Department heading into partial shutdown Saturday
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was on track for a partial shutdown when its annual funding expires at midnight EST on Friday, after Republican...
Feb 13, 2026
Democrats say Trump's foreign deportation deals cost taxpayers millions
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's immigrant deportation agreements with foreign governments cost American taxpayers millions of dollars - at times more ...
Feb 13, 2026
US Treasury sets up website for whistleblower tips on fraud, money laundering
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday announced a new website to accept whistleblower tips on fraud, money laundering and sanctions violations, on the heels of a scanda...
Feb 13, 2026
Bessent says Congress should pass crypto regulation bill this spring
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that it was important for Congress to pass a bill to create federal rules for digital assets and get it onto Preside...
Feb 13, 2026
MAGA vs MAGA: Georgia election exposes divisions in Trump’s base
By Jayla Whitfield-Anderson, Rich McKay and Nathan Layne DALTON, Georgia, Feb 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump may have expected his endorsement of a local prosecutor in the race to replace U.S. ...
Feb 13, 2026
Journalist Don Lemon pleads not guilty in Minnesota ICE protest case
By Jack Queen MINNEAPOLIS, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Former CNN anchor Don Lemon pleaded not guilty on Friday in a criminal case stemming from his coverage of a protest at a Minnesota church against Presiden...
Feb 13, 2026
Trump: Too busy to be a defendant but plenty of time to sue
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Soon after winning reelection in November 2024, Donald Trump's lawyers told a state judge in Delaware that a lawsuit brought against him by two co-...
Feb 13, 2026
Exclusive-White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
By Jonathan Landay and Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail...
Feb 13, 2026
Trump expected to attend Saudi FII conference in Miami, sources say
(Removes incorrect reference to Milken Institute Global Conference being associated with Abu Dhabi, paragraph 11) By Hadeel Al Sayegh and Timour Azhari DUBAI/RIYADH, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President ...
Feb 13, 2026
