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Supreme Court allows Trump to terminate 16,000 probationary federal workers

(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Trump administration can move forward with the termination of 16,000 probationary federal workers across six agencies and departments, rescinding a lower court order that they be reinstated as litigation challenging the layoffs continues.In a brief, ...
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Trump awaits China response before 104% tariffs hit

By Doina Chiacu, Susan Heavey and Joe Cash WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is waiting to hear from China before duties of more than 100% take effect, in a sign that he might be open to last-minute negotiations with the ...
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Trump set to sign executive orders to boost US coal

By Jarrett Renshaw and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will sign executive orders on Tuesday to boost the coal industry, a senior White House official and two sources told Reuters, in his latest action that runs counter ...
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Meta expands ‘Teen Accounts’ to Facebook, Messenger amid children’s online safety regulatory push

(Reuters) -Meta Platforms is rolling out its “Teen Accounts” feature to Facebook and Messenger on Tuesday, as it faces sustained criticism about not doing enough to protect young users from online harms. The enhanced privacy and parental controls, which were introduced on Instagram last year, ...
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Trump plans to fine migrants $998 a day for failing to leave after deportation order

By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON – The Trump administration plans to fine migrants under deportation orders up to $998 a day if they fail to leave the United States and to seize their property if they do not pay, ...
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China to ‘fight to the end’ as countries plot responses in Trump tariff war

By Joe Cash and Bart H. Meijer BEIJING/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – China refused to bow to what it called “blackmail” from the United States as a global trade war ignited by President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs showed few signs of abating on ...
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China vows to ‘fight to the end’ as Trump tariff war rages

By Joe Cash and Steve Holland BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China vowed not to bow to “blackmail” from the United States as a global trade war ignited by U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs showed little sign of abating on Tuesday, even ...
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New Mexico opens major-party primary elections to growing ranks of unaffiliated voters

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The growing ranks of New Mexico voters with no party affiliation will be allowed to vote in primary elections without changing their nonpartisan status, under a bill signed into law Monday by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The change runs ...
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US Homeland Security department offers buyouts to workers, memo shows

(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Homeland Security asked employees on Monday to consider voluntarily resigning, retiring or taking a buyout of as much as $25,000 as part of a new voluntary workforce transition program, according to an internal memo. The workers have until midnight ...
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Texas governor calls November election for vacant US House seat as Democrats criticize timing

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that a special election to fill the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner’s seat won’t be held until November and defended the timing by renewing criticism of past Houston-area elections. Abbott’s announcement that the special ...
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Harvard plans to borrow $750 million after federal funding threats

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Harvard University plans to borrow $750 million from Wall Street as part of contingency preparations, it said on Monday, days after President Donald Trump’s administration said it was reviewing $9 billion in federal grants and contracts in a crackdown on ...
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Court directive to notify voters in close North Carolina election blocked for now

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Supreme Court temporarily halted enforcement on Monday of an appeals court decision that favored a Republican candidate in a close and unresolved November election for a seat on the state’s highest court. In a pair of one-sentence statements ...
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