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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a stopgap bill to keep federal agencies funded past Friday, averting a partial shutdown beginning this weekend even as President Donald Trump dramatically cuts the government. The bill passed in a nearl…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., March 18, 2012. (Reuters) — The U.S. Agriculture Department has cut two federal programs that spent over $1 billion annually to help schools and food banks buy food from local farms and ranches, according to a school group and a Politico repor…

The site where a small plane crashed into the parking lot of a retirement community is cordoned off with police tape in Lititz, Pennsylvania, March 9, 2025, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. (Reuters) — A small plane with five people aboard crashed on Sunday into the parking l…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks to employees at the Department of Homeland Security, Jan. 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appointed new leadership at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Sunday as the agency struggle…

Protesters are seen at a rally standing up for federal workers in downtown Parkersburg, West Virginia, Feb. 28, 2025. PARKERSBURG, West Virginia (Reuters) — Jennifer Piggott proudly hung a red-and-blue Trump campaign flag outside her one-story home during the November election race. Now, after she …

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…