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Trump to lift water curbs to ‘make America’s showers great again’

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump, after complaining about it for years, signed an order to lift restrictions on water pressure in showers on Wednesday, saying he wanted to “take care of my beautiful hair.” Trump’s executive order is aimed at reversing efficiency and water conservation ...
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Delaware judge rules Newsmax coverage of Dominion Voting Systems was false, defamatory

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -Newsmax Media published defamatory and false statements accusing Dominion Voting Systems of rigging the 2020 election, a Delaware judge ruled Wednesday, though a jury must still decide whether the conservative news outlet is on the hook for damages. The ruling by ...
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Republican-led US House votes to limit judges’ power to block Trump’s agenda

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to curtail the ability of judges to issue nationwide injunctions blocking government policies after key parts of President Donald Trump’s agenda have been stymied by such court rulings. The House voted 219-213 along largely ...
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US Senate confirms Trump’s pick to be Wall Street regulator

By Douglas Gillison and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Paul Atkins as President Donald Trump’s choice to run the Securities and Exchange Commission, installing the business-friendly lawyer atop an agency in the throes of major change. In a largely party line ...
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US drops case against man Bondi called a leader of MS-13 gang; will seek deportation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Wednesday that the government will seek to deport a man she previously called a leader of the MS-13 gang in the U.S., after prosecutors moved to drop a gun charge against him. Prosecutors on Wednesday did ...
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Around 4,000 US transportation employees seek to take buyout, says official

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Around 4,000 employees of the U.S. Transportation Department have applied to take a new buyout offer that offers pay and benefits through Sept. 30, a department official told Reuters. The figure is not final because it may include employees who are ...
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Trump targets ‘Anonymous’ author and former top cybersecurity official in escalation of retribution

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump intensified his efforts to punish his critics on Wednesday by signing a pair of memoranda directing the Justice Department to investigate two officials from his first administration and stripping them of any security clearances they may have. Trump’s targeting ...
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Trump signs orders targeting two ex-officials who criticized him

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed directives targeting two former government officials who criticized him during his first term, calling one of them a traitor and saying they should be investigated. One of Trump’s directives named Christopher Krebs, his former cybersecurity chief, and ...
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House votes to scrap Biden-era consumer finance rules

(Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to scrap two consumer finance rules adopted under former President Joe Biden that capped bank overdraft fees and gave officials the power to supervise the legal compliance of tech companies’ digital wallets and payment ...
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US EPA tracking card swipes and laptop logins to check staff office return, memo shows

By Jeffrey Dastin and Marisa Taylor (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will track employee badge swipes, laptop logins and other data to determine if staff are working from agency offices as required, according to a memo this week, in the latest sign of staff ...
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US appeals court sides with Trump, clears way to fire thousands of federal workers

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court cleared the way on Wednesday for 18 federal agencies to once again fire thousands of employees who lost their jobs as part of President Donald Trump’s purge of the federal workforce but were later reinstated by a ...
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Kash Patel was removed as acting ATF director, U.S. officials confirm

By Sarah N. Lynch, Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – FBI Director Kash Patel was removed from his role as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and replaced by Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, U.S. ...
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