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Trump administration rejects women picked for soybean board, appoints men instead

By Karl Plume CHICAGO, April 29 (Reuters) - The Trump administration rejected all four women farmers chosen by their peers to represent them in an industry group called the United Soybean Board earlier this year, a rare intervention by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that ...
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Fed chief nominee Warsh set to clear key confirmation hurdle on Wednesday

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - Kevin Warsh, U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Reserve, is set to clear a key procedural hurdle on Wednesday, opening the way for him to succeed Jerome Powell in coming weeks amid the White ...
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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 testify before the panel in May after the civil rights group was indicted last week. Here are ...
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Trump’s attempt to remake the Kennedy Center faces key legal test

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump's attempt to remake the Kennedy Center faces a critical legal test on Tuesday morning.A federal Judge in Washington, D.C., is set to hear arguments about an attempt by Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, to block the renaming, planned closure and ...
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Extraordinary Trump-style filing asks to lift ballroom injunction as Republicans seek $400M in funding

(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Republicans unveiled a bill on Monday that would provide $400 million for President Trump's White House ballroom project, arguing that such a space is needed following the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, revealing their plans hours before the Department ...
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Hegseth and Kid Rock go for a ride in Army helicopters

(WASHINGTON) -- Kid Rock and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took a ride in AH-64 Apache attack helicopters around the Washington, D.C., area on Monday, just weeks after the Army drew scrutiny for allowing the same type of aircraft to hover near the pro-Trump musician's ...
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House Democrats urge Trump to keep US ban on Chinese cars in place

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - More than 70 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday urged President Donald Trump not to permit Chinese automakers to build or sell cars in the United States. The lawmakers, led by Representative Debbie Dingell and ...
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U.S. lawmakers take on AI chatbots, fraud in new bills

By Jody Godoy April 28 (Reuters) - Members of Congress from both major U.S. political parties joined to propose new legislation this week related to artificial intelligence, as they aimed to tackle safety concerns without blocking innovation. Some Republicans and Democrats are moving to regulate AI ...
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DOJ cites shooting in bid to end lawsuit over Trump’s White House ballroom

By Jan Wolfe April 28 (Reuters) - The Justice Department on Monday night asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit that has impeded President Donald Trump's plans for a White House ballroom, saying its opponents "suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome" and that an ...
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Citadel’s Griffin to meet with NY leadership this week

(Removes last paragraph because remarks attributed to Ken Griffin about receiving no votes if he were to run for political office were said by Ryanair CEO O'Leary, not Citadel's Griffin) By Nell Mackenzie LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of the ...
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Analysis-Trump push for state voter rolls rebuffed by courts as midterms near

By Luc Cohen April 28 (Reuters) - As the U.S. midterm elections approach, Democrats are winning legal challenges to the Trump administration's push to obtain states' voter rolls, dealing a blow to the president's unprecedented effort to expand the federal government's role in elections. The ...
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Fed’s policymaking table is set for the ‘family fight’ Warsh says he wants

By Ann Saphir April 28 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve chief nominee Kevin Warsh says he wants a "good family fight" at the policymaking table once he takes over as head of the U.S. central bank. And a fight, or at least stiff resistance, may be exactly ...
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