Author: Reuters
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Trump plan to halve FEMA workforce violated law, judge rules
Reuters A judge has ruled that the Trump administration broke the law by ordering the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut its workforce in half. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco, in a decision issued late Friday, said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security acted unlawfully by usurping FEMA’s authority over its own…
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Trump tells Americans to accept high gas prices
DUBAI/CAIRO/GARDEN CITY, N.Y. • Iran called on the U.S. to accept defeat on Saturday, while President Donald Trump blasted Tehran as “very evil” and told Americans to prepare for continued high fuel prices as a result of the war. Progress toward peace talks and oil tanker traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz remained halted,…
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Judge clears way for Trump to end deportation protections
Reuters A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to strip nearly 1,100 Somalis of legal protections against deportation that have allowed them to live and work in the United States. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston allowed the Department of Homeland Security to terminate the Temporary Protected Status…
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Trump promised a sex-trafficking crackdown. His Justice Department still hasn’t delivered
WASHINGTON • The Trump administration has repeatedly said the fight against sex trafficking is one of its top priorities. But investigations have stalled and prosecutions declined in the past six months because of staffing shortages, funding cuts, immigration enforcement and growing distrust of the government among victims, according to Reuters interviews with 25 former prosecutors,…
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US appeals court blocks Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court ordered President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday to stop construction on a $400 million ballroom on the site of the White House’s demolished East Wing, dealing the Republican leader a major setback in a case testing his presidential authority. “Each President is…
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US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate committee voted on Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after the former top U.S. infectious disease official refused to answer questions about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved a referral pushed by…
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Iran talks to take place on Monday, Trump says
Reuters ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/CAIRO • President Donald Trump said talks with Iran will happen on Monday but declined to set a deadline for an agreement after earlier saying he had called off an imminent attack in hopes of quickly reaching a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resolve the impasse over Tehran’s…
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Ransom notes tied to Nancy Guthrie kidnapping released six months into unsolved case
By Steve Gorman July 31 (Reuters) – Two ransom notes purportedly written by kidnappers who abducted the mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie were released on Friday, six months after Nancy Guthrie vanished in Arizona, as investigators renewed efforts to identify the culprits. Copies of the two email messages were posted online by the…
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US Justice Department says ‘flawed’ work led to Reflecting Pool peeling
By Kanishka Singh and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) – A flawed installation, not vandalism, caused the liner of the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to peel, the Department of Justice said on Friday, as it dropped its case against a former U.S. Olympian. In a court filing, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and…
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Wildfires rage in Greece as firefighters continue battle in France and Spain
ATHENS, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Wildfires fanned by heavy winds burned across multiple areas of Greece on Saturday, including near Athens, with large-scale firefighting operations and emergency evacuations underway, while conditions worsened again in parts of Spain and France. Europe has been ravaged by wildfires this summer after a period of successive record-breaking heatwaves and…