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Supreme Court leans toward Trump's move targeting Haitian and Syrian immigrants
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court appeared inclined on Wednesday to let President Donald Trump's administration strip humanitarian protections from hundreds of th...
Apr 29, 2026
Fed likely to hold rates steady at what may be last meeting of Powell era
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday as officials debate whether to flag risks of rising inflation in a polic...
Apr 29, 2026
Fed chief nominee Warsh clears key hurdle toward Senate confirmation vote
By David Lawder WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - Kevin Warsh, U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Reserve, cleared a key procedural hurdle on Wednesday, opening a path for him to su...
Apr 29, 2026
Powell's tenure as Fed chief, bookended by Trump, draws to a close
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - On a chilly spring day in 2017, Jerome Powell made a six-hour round trip by car through heavy mountain fog from Washington to West Virginia Univers...
Apr 29, 2026
US congressional panel asks Southern Poverty Law Center boss to testify
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - The chairman of the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Tuesday asked the Southern Poverty Law Center's boss to testi...
Apr 28, 2026
US seeks new nominees for key preventive health panel
By Deena Beasley April 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, overseen by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Tuesday asked for nominations to the influential task force that...
Apr 28, 2026
US mandates what it calls 'enhanced' security checks for immigration applicants
By Ted Hesson and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration has mandated what it calls "enhanced" security checks for immigration applicants, according to...
Apr 28, 2026
US Senate blocks bid to prevent Trump from military action against Cuba
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. Senate on Tuesday blocked a Democratic-led resolution that would have barred President Donald Trump from military action a...
Apr 28, 2026
Virginia high court leaves Democratic-led redistricting vote blocked for now
By Joseph Ax April 28 (Reuters) - Virginia's top court on Tuesday left in place a county judge's order temporarily blocking the state from certifying the results of last week's referendum, when voters...
Apr 28, 2026
US to issue passports bearing Trump's image
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it would produce a limited number of commemorative passports bearing a portrait of Donald Trump, the latest ex...
Apr 28, 2026
