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Trump administration appoints junior officer to oversee US Foreign Service – sources

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has appointed a national security lawyer who entered the foreign service just four years ago as the top official overseeing the State Department’s global workforce, according to three sources familiar with the ...
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A deal for TikTok seemingly falls hostage to the US-China trade war

(WASHINGTON) -- After months of negotiations, a deal to turn over TikTok’s United States operations to a new company with a majority American ownership was finalized on Wednesday, according to senior administration officials.The investors -- which included Oracle, Blackstone, Andreeson Horowitz and several others ...
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George Santos should serve over 7 years in prison, US prosecutors say

By Jack Queen (Reuters) -Former U.S. Representative George Santos, who was expelled from Congress after a brief and scandal-plagued tenure, should be sentenced to more than seven years in prison for fraud and identity theft, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said Friday. Santos pleaded guilty in ...
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Prosecutors seek 7 years in prison for disgraced ex-US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking more than seven years in prison for disgraced former congressman George Santos after he pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York argued in a court ...
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George Santos should serve more than 7 years in prison for fraud scheme, US prosecutors say

By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative George Santos, who was expelled from Congress after a brief and scandal-plagued tenure, should be sentenced to more than seven years in prison for fraud and identity theft, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said ...
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Georgia bill would compensate the wrongfully convicted and let Trump recover costs of election case

ATLANTA (AP) — A repeated attempt to fix Georgia’s inefficient system for compensating people wrongfully convicted of crimes almost died. Then it got tacked onto a bill that could compensate former President Donald Trump and his codefendants for attorneys’ fees after they were indicted ...
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US far-right activist raises loyalty test that could deepen purge of security agencies

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – While National Security Agency chief General Timothy Haugh apparently was not told why he was abruptly fired this week, a far-right activist who urged President Donald Trump to dismiss him offered one ...
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Barack Obama, Kamala Harris criticize Trump, White House over moves they say are against Americas values

(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Kamala Harris, in separate remarks on Thursday, criticized President Donald Trump and the White House for moves that they called unconstitutional or contributing to an erosion of the country's values.Neither Obama or Harris have ...
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Texas governor blames county’s elections problems for delay in filling vacant congressional seat

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott is blaming a history of election problems in the state’s most populous county for his delay in calling for a special election to fill the seat of Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner, who died a month ...
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Washington and Oregon sue over Trump elections order, saying mail voters could be disenfranchised

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington and Oregon on Friday became the latest states to ask a court to reject President Donald Trump’s efforts to overhaul elections in the U.S., a day after Democratic officials in 19 others filed a similar lawsuit. Washington Attorney General Nick Brown ...
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More US Senate Republicans voice support for congressional oversight on tariffs

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate bill that would require congressional approval for new tariffs gained more Republican support on Friday, in the second day of a stock market rout sparked by President Donald Trump’s move to impose ...
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IRS starts laying off 20,000 workers, eliminates civil rights office

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The U.S. Internal Revenue Service began making sweeping cuts to its workforce on Friday, the agency’s leadership said in an email to staff on Friday, and among the first to go will be employees of its civil rights office. Reuters previously reported ...
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