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US Senate Republicans race to resolve tax, health issues in Trump’s tax bill

By Bo Erickson, David Morgan and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. Congress scrambled on Thursday to resolve nettlesome tax and health care provisions in their sweeping tax-cut and spending bill on Thursday as President Donald Trump pressed them to pass it by ...
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GOP senators push back on Trump cuts to foreign aid and public media

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Several Republican U.S. senators on Wednesday pushed back on the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to American public media stations and foreign aid, a sign the request to cancel $9.4 billion of funding could be blocked by the upper chamber. At least five Senate ...
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Trump, Hegseth slam news coverage of US intel report on Iran attack, say B-2 pilots upset

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday both continued to counter a preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment that the attack on three Iranian nuclear facilities did limited damage by saying it was incomplete and claiming news accounts were demeaned the ...
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Buonfiglio the new Italian Olympic Committee boss ahead of Milan-Cortina Games

ROME (AP) — Luciano Buonfiglio, a canoe athlete at the 1976 Montreal Games, was elected president of the Italian Olympic committee (CONI) on Thursday to keep the body moving in the same direction ahead of next winter’s Milan-Cortina Games. The 74-year-old Buonfiglio, who has been ...
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White House video embraces Trump as ‘daddy’ after NATO chief’s remark

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The White House embraced the moniker of “daddy” for Donald Trump in a video that it released after NATO chief Mark Rutte used the term in a conversation with the U.S. president. “Daddy’s home,” the White House posted on X, along with the ...
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Trump’s latest rejection of intelligence assessments reflects a long distrust of spy agencies

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s fights with the intelligence community were a running theme of his first term, as he raged against an investigation into his campaign’s alleged links to Russia. Now, a sequel is playing out as Trump battles to shape the ...
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Mamdani’s stunning upset in New York’s Democratic mayoral primary carries risks, rewards for national Democrats

By Joseph Ax and Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK (Reuters) -Self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s unexpected upset in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday exhilarated progressive activists, who had banded together to prevent the more moderate former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo from triumphing. But ...
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Zohran Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji is an animator, illustrator and ceramicist. And they met on Hinge

NEW YORK (AP) — Rama Duwaji’s Election Day post on Instagram was only four words long, but said all it needed to say: “couldn’t possibly be prouder.” It was accompanied by a photo-booth strip of happy poses with her husband, Zohran Mamdani, and a ...
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US Republican senators push back on Trump cuts to foreign aid and public media

By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Several Republican U.S. senators on Wednesday pushed back on the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to American public media stations and foreign aid, a sign the request to cancel $9.4 billion of funding could be blocked by the upper chamber. At ...
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US military to create two new border zones, officials say

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon will create two new military zones along the border with Mexico, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, a move that allows troops to temporarily detain migrants or trespassers. President Donald Trump’s administration has hailed its actions along the border, including the deployment ...
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US judge extends block on Trump’s bid to eliminate Job Corps program

By Daniel Wiessner and Blake Brittain (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from shutting down Job Corps, a major residential job training program for low-income youth. U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter in Manhattan said the abrupt shuttering of the 60-year-old program ...
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Democrats fret about national fallout after Mamdani stuns in New York City

NEW YORK (AP) — The stunning success of Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist, in the race for New York City mayor has exposed anew the fiery divisions plaguing the Democratic Party as it struggles to repair its brand nearly half a year ...
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