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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Senate’s massive budget bill that passed on Tuesday will make it harder to develop wind and solar energy projects, despite the removal of some contentious provisions, industry advocates and lawmakers said. The Senate dropped a proposed excise tax on solar and w…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Senate Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s massive tax-cut and spending bill on Tuesday by the narrowest of margins, advancing a package that would slash taxes, reduce social safety net programs and boost military and immigration enforcement spending while …

Demonstrators rally on the day the Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments over President Donald Trump’s bid to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict automatic birthright citizenship, during a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2025. REUTERS (Reut…

An armored police vehicle leaves an area where multiple firefighters were attacked when responding to a fire in the Canfield Mountain area outside Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, June 29, 2025. REUTERS (Reuters) — A gunman ambushed and shot dead two firefighters responding to a forest fire in northern Idaho …

Visitors to the U.S. Capitol rest in the shade in Washington, D.C., June 25, 2025. REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate narrowly advanced President Donald Trump’s, sweeping tax-cut and spending bill on Saturday, during a marathon weekend session marked by polit…

A law enforcement officer stands guard on the day the Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments over President Donald Trump’s bid to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict automatic birthright citizenship, during a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., May 15, …

Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani talks to people after the New York City Democratic mayoral primary debate at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in the Gerald W. Lynch Theater in New York City., U.S., June 12, 2025. REUTERS NEW YORK (Reuters) — Self-described democratic socialist Zohran MamdaniR…

Zohran Mamdani gestures as he speaks during a watch party for his primary election, which includes his bid to become the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor in the upcoming November election, in New York City, June 25, 2025. REUTERS NEW YORK (Reuters) — Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state …

Emergency personnel work at an impacted residential site, following a missile attack from Iran on Israel, amid the Israel-Iran conflict, in Be’er Sheva, Israel on June 24, 2025. REUTERS TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON/ISTANBUL (Reuters) — President Donald Trump accused both Israel and Iran of violating a…

A woman stands on a street, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Tehran, Iran, June 23, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via REUTERS WASHINGTON/DOHA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) — President Donald Trump said that a “complete and total” ceasefire between Israel and Iran will go into force…