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Trump says he will announce new labor statistics official in 3 or 4 days

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will announce a new head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics within three or four days. He fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after accusing her of faking jobs numbers, without providing any evidence of ...
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Texas House Democrats plan to flee state to try to stop proposed congressional maps

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Democratic statehouse legislators are planning to leave Texas on Sunday in order to break the quorum of a special legislative session in which Republican state legislators are aiming to pass a new congressional map that could create up to five new ...
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Texas Democrats seek to block redistricting vote by leaving state

(This story has been refiled to remove an incorrect image) (Reuters) -Democratic lawmakers in Texas said on Sunday they were leaving the state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to redraw the state’s 38 congressional districts, a move sought to protect the Republicans’ narrow ...
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Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate left Washington Saturday night for its monthlong August recess without a deal to advance dozens of President Donald Trump’s nominees, calling it quits after days of contentious bipartisan negotiations. Without a deal in hand, Republicans say they may try to ...
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The Justice Department seeks voter and election information from at least 19 states, AP finds

NEW YORK (AP) — The requests have come in letters, emails and phone calls. The specifics vary, but the target is consistent: The U.S. Department of Justice is ramping up an effort to get voter data and other election information from the states. Over the ...
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Deadly DC plane crash was years in the making, air traffic manager tells NTSB

(WASHINGTON) -- The deadly mid-air collision at Reagan Airport in January was years in the making, the operations manager of the DCA air traffic control tower on the night of the accident told the National Transportation Safety Board on Friday."I don't think this accident ...
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Federal agency opens probe into former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith

(Reuters) -A U.S. federal agency has opened a formal investigation into former Special Counsel Jack Smith, who oversaw two criminal probes into President Donald Trump following his first term in the White House. The Office of Special Counsel confirmed to Reuters that it was investigating ...
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Authorities investigating ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith for alleged illegal political activity

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — Federal officials have opened an investigation into Jack Smith, the former special counsel who investigated then-candidate Donald Trump before his reelection, for alleged illegal political activity. The Office of Special Counsel, an independent federal agency, on Saturday confirmed the investigation after ...
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Office of Special Counsel says it’s opened Hatch Act probe of Jack Smith

(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Office of Special Counsel confirmed Saturday that it has opened an investigation into former Special Counsel Jack Smith and whether he violated the Hatch Act through his criminal investigations into President Donald Trump.The investigation follows a referral from Republican Sen. ...
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Appeals court upholds restrictions on Los Angeles immigration arrests

(LOS ANGELES) -- An appeals court upheld a lower court’s order to temporarily block federal immigration agents from conducting immigration-related arrests in Los Angeles without probable cause.In the ruling on Friday night, the ninth circuit court of appeals agreed with a federal judge that ...
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Democratic governors throw support behind Newsom, back partisan redistricting

(MADISON, WI) -- -- A number of high-profile Democratic governors are ready to fight -- ardently throwing support behind their colleagues who have said they will draw new Congressional maps to favor Democrats before the 2026 midterm elections in order to directly counter Texas ...
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Court allows Trump to end union bargaining for federal workers

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Friday lifted a judge’s order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal workers of the ability to engage in union bargaining with U.S. agencies. A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based ...
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