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U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-TX, is escorted out after shouting during President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress, in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 4, 2025. REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives k…

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson attend a joint session of Congress, in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 4, 2025. REUTERS (Reuters) — President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday received high mark…

Ukrainian service members fire a shell from a M777 Howitzer at a front line, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine on July 21, 2022. REUTERS WASHINGTON/KYIV (Reuters) — Ukraine said on Tuesday it would do all it can to maintain its ties with the United States, af…

Elon Musk listens to President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 11, 2025. REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A U.S. judge on Saturday declared President Donald Trump’s firing of the head of a federal watchdog agency illegal in an early test of the…

An activist protests Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting plans, Hawthorne, California, March 1, 2025. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Trump administration sent out a second round of emails on Friday evening demanding all federal employees summarize their work over the past week after the first eff…

President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as Vice President JD Vance reacts at the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s meeting with Donald Trump ended in disaster on Friday, after the …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday ordered federal agencies to undertake more large-scale layoffs of workers, while the president let downsizing czar Elon Musk take a star role at his first cabinet meeting and discuss his ambitious budget-cutting targe…

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. and Ukraine have agreed on the terms of a draft minerals deal central to Kyiv’s push to win Washington’s support as President Donald Trump seeks to rapidly end the war with Russia, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. A source …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. government’s human resources agency is rushing to shut down and drastically shrink entire departments in what sources familiar with the actions say will serve as a template for a second wave of mass layoffs in the federal bureaucracy. The Office of Personnel Ma…

Senate Republican leaders hold a press conference following the weekly Senate caucus luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Jan. 28, 2025. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. House Republicans face a major test this week as the fractured and narrow caucus tries to unify around a plan to advance Pre…