Author: Reuters
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ICE launches effort to uncover ‘birth tourism schemes’
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s administration plans to crack down on networks it says help pregnant women lie on visa applications in order to secure U.S. citizenship for their U.S.-born babies, an issue that Trump has highlighted to justify his attempts to restrict birthright citizenship. In an internal email sent Thursday and reviewed by Reuters,…
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First lady denies any connection to Epstein
WASHINGTON – First lady Melania Trump on Thursday denied having any relationship with disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, reviving a highly sensitive issue that her husband has repeatedly sought to downplay. She denied online speculation that Epstein had introduced her to Donald Trump, saying she met her husband at a New York City party in 1998. “I…
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Proposal would cut 9,400 TSA workers, $1.5B from budget
WASHINGTON — The White House is proposing to cut more than 9,400 workers and just over $1.5 billion from the 60,000-employee Transportation Security Administration that handles airport security operations, according to budget documents. The details were part of a budget document for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees TSA, within the White House budget…
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Hegseth features Fort Carson soldiers after returning from Middle East, gives warning on Iran war
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday the next few days in the war against Iran would be decisive and warned Tehran that the conflict would intensify if it did not make a deal. Hegseth also highlighted his trip to the Middle East on Saturday, noting he was heartened to meet with troops he called the “best…
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In court fight over birthright citizenship, a great-grandson hears echoes of 1898
Reuters President Donald Trump’s challenge to the longstanding rule that anyone born in the United States, with only narrow exceptions, is automatically a citizen echoes a similar dispute that took place on the shores of San Francisco more than a century ago. In the late 19th century, amid a wave of fervent anti-Chinese sentiment, the…
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NASA’s Artemis astronauts enter final preparations for Moon mission
WASHINGTON – The four astronauts selected for NASA’s Artemis II mission arrived in Florida on Friday, entering the final phase of preparations for the first crewed journey toward the Moon in more than five decades. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen hopped out of Northrop T-38 jets…
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Consumer sentiment slides to three-month low as war fans inflation fears
WASHINGTON – U.S. consumer sentiment fell more than expected in March, touching a three-month low, as war in the Middle East stoked inflation worries and cast a shadow over the economic outlook. The decline, reported by the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers on Friday, occurred across political party affiliation and age groups, with large…
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Explosion at Amsterdam Jewish school was deliberate, mayor says
Reuters AMSTERDAM • An explosion caused minor damage to a Jewish school in Amsterdam early on Saturday, in what the city’s mayor described as “a deliberate attack against the Jewish community.” The explosion at the school in an upscale residential neighborhood on the south side of Amsterdam damaged a rain pipe and charred an outer…
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Pentagon elevates investigation into Iran school strike
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said on Friday it has elevated the investigation into a devastating Feb. 28 strike on an Iranian girls’ school after media reports revealed the probe shows U.S. forces were likely responsible. Iran has said the strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh School killed 168 children. If U.S. fault is confirmed, it would rank among the worst incidents of civilian…
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USAF general says Boeing has to fix tanker problems before U.S. orders more
March 12 (Reuters) – Boeing has to fix ongoing problems with its KC-46 aerial refueling tanker before the United States orders more, U.S. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. John Lamontagne told lawmakers during a March 4 hearing. The general did not specify which problems could hold up a follow-on contract to the existing…