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Federal officers carrying out U.S. immigration enforcement near Rockville, Maryland, prepare a Filipino man for transport to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office for processing, Feb. 6, 2025. REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Federal agents who usually hunt down child abusers are now crac…

The seal of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seen in Del Rio, Texas, September 19, 2021. REUTERS (Reuters) — A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump’s administration not to deport Badar Khan Suri, an Indian man studying at Washington’s Georgetown University whose lawye…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) —  Flanked by students and educators, President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order intended to essentially dismantle the federal Department of Education, making good on a longstanding campaign promise to conservatives. The order is designed to leave school polic…

President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin hold a bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan on June 28, 2019. REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to stop attacking Ukrainian energy facilities temporarily but decl…

President John F. Kennedy greets a crowd at a political rally in Fort Worth, Texas several hours before his assassination in this November 22, 1963 photo by White House photographer Cecil Stoughton obtained from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston. REUTERS/JFK Library/The White House…

A view of the exterior of the U.S. Agency for Global Media building, where government funded media company Voice of America is based, in Washington, D.C., June 14, 2022. REUTERS (Reuters) — More than 1,300 Voice of America employees were placed on leave on Saturday and funding for two U.S. news ser…

Missiles are seen during a military parade held by the Houthi group in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sept. 21, 2022.  WASHINGTON/ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) — At least 19 were killed as President Donald Trump launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group&#…

A bird flies in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Nov. 10, 2024. REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Senate on Friday passed a stopgap spending bill, averting a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down in a standoff driven by anger over President Donald Trump’…

A sign marks the headquarters of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C., Feb. 20, 2025. REUTERS (Reuters) — The potential scale of President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the federal government could become clearer on Thursday, the deadline for government agencies to submit…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Ukrainian Head of Presidential Office Andriy Yermak hold a meeting in the presence of Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan and National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohamm…