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US Senate Republican calls top Democrat Chuck Schumer ‘Fuhrer’

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Republican member of the U.S. Senate on Thursday called the chamber’s top Democrat Chuck Schumer – the highest-ranking Jewish U.S. elected official – “Fuhrer,” a reference to the title used by Adolf Hitler. Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno, who was elected in November, ...
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Democratic-led states sue over Trump’s order overhauling elections

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -Democratic state attorneys general on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order that compels voters to prove they are U.S. citizens and bars states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day. The lawsuit, filed in Boston ...
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US Senate Republicans vote to advance Trump’s sweeping tax cut plan

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans took a procedural step forward on President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax cut agenda on Thursday, overcoming concerns among some Republican lawmakers that the plan does not include sufficient spending cuts. The Senate voted 52-48 to move forward with ...
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Rubio in hot seat as he faces European leaders at NATO headquarters

(BRUSSELS) -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting NATO's headquarters in Brussels for a meeting of the alliance's foreign ministers, putting him on the front lines of the Trump administration's push against traditional American allies in Europe.European leaders were already bracing for a ...
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States sue to block Trump’s election order, saying it violates the Constitution

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic officials in 19 states filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Donald Trump’s attempt to reshape elections across the U.S., calling it an unconstitutional invasion of states’ clear authority to run their own elections. The lawsuit is the fourth against the executive ...
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US judge blocks $11 billion Trump administration health funding cut for now

By Jack Queen (Reuters) -A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting more than $11 billion in public health grants allocated to U.S. states during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Mary S. McElroy in Rhode Island ...
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US warns public schools of legal action, withholding funds over DEI

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Education Department warned on Thursday it would withhold federal funds from public schools and take legal actions if they continued with diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that the administration of President Donald Trump has attempted to dismantle. In letters ...
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US Senate Republicans to vote on Trump’s sweeping tax cut plan

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans planned a first step on Thursday toward advancing President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax cut agenda with a procedural vote that will test party unity in the face of concerns that it does not include sufficient spending cuts. Nonpartisan ...
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Tufts student detained by Trump administration defends right to advocate

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A Tufts University student from Turkey, who was arrested last week in Massachusetts by U.S. immigration officials after advocating for Palestinians amid Israel’s war in Gaza, said on Thursday that she would not be deterred. A ...
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US judge allows Trump to impose ‘gender ideology’ arts grants restrictions

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal judge cleared the way on Thursday for U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to require arts organizations to certify they will not promote “gender ideology” to obtain grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. U.S. District Judge William Smith ...
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FACT FOCUS: Democratic leaders’ challenge to Trump’s election executive order misrepresented online

Social media users, including elected officials, are erroneously claiming that top Democrats filed a lawsuit to allow noncitizen voting in U.S. elections. Many are also baselessly alleging the suit is further evidence of a Democratic plan to rig future races. But the lawsuit — brought by ...
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Elon Musk can stay ‘as long as he likes’ but will want to get back to businesses, says Trump

By Trevor Hunnicutt ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – President Donald Trump gave billionaire adviser Elon Musk a fresh endorsement on Thursday amid criticism of Musk’s government reduction project and said he can stay “as long as he likes” but will ...
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