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Trump’s budget proposes massive defense spending with 10% cut to other federal programs

By Bo Erickson and Ryan Patrick Jones WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday requested a 10% cut in non-defense discretionary spending for the 2027 fiscal year and a massive $500 billion increase in defense spending, as the United States continues ...
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Democratic-led states sue to block Trump’s order tightening mail-in voting

By Nate Raymond BOSTON, April 3 (Reuters) - A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general announced on Friday they are filing a lawsuit challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's new executive order tightening rules on mail‑in voting. The lawsuit being filed in federal court in Boston ...
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Senators urge Trump to bar Chinese automakers from building cars in US

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - Three Democratic senators on Friday urged President Donald Trump to bar Chinese automakers from building vehicles in the United States and to prevent Chinese cars assembled in Mexico or Canada from entering the United States. Senators Tammy Baldwin, ...
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Democratic senators demand answers from Hegseth over reported defense investment inquiry ahead of Iran war

(WASHINGTON) -- A group of Senate Democrats are demanding more information about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's finances and investments following a report -- which the Pentagon demanded be retracted -- that he may have tried to invest in defense stocks before the war ...
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Descendant of key figure in 1898 citizenship case hopes for the best from US Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - While many Americans are following the U.S. Supreme Court case involving President Donald Trump's attempt to limit birthright citizenship, Norman Wong is doing so with a little bit of extra motivation. For him, it is about family. The San Francisco-area ...
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Trump fires Pam Bondi as US attorney general

By Nandita Bose, Andrew Goudsward and Jana Winter WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday after mounting frustration with her performance, especially over the release of files on late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trump also felt Bondi ...
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Exit of Trump officials including FBI director Patel under discussion, Atlantic reports

April 2 (Reuters) - There are discussions about FBI Director Kash Patel, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer leaving the Trump administration, the Atlantic reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with White House plans. The timing is uncertain and President Donald Trump ...
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US Army chief of staff fired by Hegseth, sources say

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Army Chief of Staff Randy George was fired on Thursday by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, three U.S. defense officials told Reuters, in the latest purge among the Pentagon's most senior ranks. Even as Hegseth, ...
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US Interior Department to reduce staff through deferred resignation, early retirement

April 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of the Interior will offer employees new opportunities to leave the agency as part of a plan to improve efficiency, it said in a statement on Thursday. Interior will offer a deferred resignation program and voluntary early retirement, ...
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Trump says he’ll sign order to pay all DHS employees as shutdown continues

(WASHNGTON) -- President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he plans to sign an order to pay "all" employees at the Department of Homeland Security amid the record-long agency shutdown."Help is on the way for our Brave and Patriotic Public Servants who have continued ...
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Florida and Mississippi enact voter citizenship checks, sparking a lawsuit in the Sunshine State

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Governors in Florida and Mississippi signed into law measures that require officials to verify the citizenship of voters, just as similar legislation being pushed by President Donald Trump has stalled in Congress. The law signed Wednesday by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ...
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Dem senators query gov’t watchdogs over well-timed Wall Street bets

WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - Two Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday called on Wall Street's top regulator and a Defense Department watchdog to prevent and investigate possible insider trading by government officials following a spate of market activity seemingly timed to President Donald Trump's ...
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