WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) – A US appeals court on Sunday put on hold a judge’s order reinstating the Seattle area’s top federal prosecutor, who had been fired by President Donald Trump. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Trump administration’s request for an administrative stay while
By Bo Erickson DAYTON, Ohio, Oct 3 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump shared online the supposed phone number of a Republican US senator on Saturday in an escalating dispute over making daylight saving time permanent. In a social media post, the president urged people to call a phone number he sa
By Bo Erickson and Nandita Bose VANDALIA, Ohio, Oct 3 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump used an Ohio rally on Saturday to mix profane attacks on Democrats with promises of financial help if Republicans win the midterms and a warning that he would be less willing to work with the state if Democra
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) – The new US Supreme Court term that begins on Monday presents opportunities for its two eldest and most conservative justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, to help push US law further rightward on contentious issues such as gun rights, religion in publi
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Efforts in the US Senate to mandate year-round daylight saving have stalled despite significant pressure from President Donald Trump. Early Friday, Trump again urged the Senate to approve the bill that passed the House in July by a 308-117 vote. The
Oct 2 (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court is hearing a series of important cases during its new term that begins on Monday involving issues such as President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, assault-style rifle bans, Big Oil’s financial liability for climate change, Republican-backed voting restric
By Erin Banco WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump is expected to name Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to be his top adviser on AI, a position the president has called “AI czar” in the past, according to a source familiar with the decision. Clayton already oversees 1
By Tom Hals Oct 1 (Reuters) – A US judge dismissed a federal case on Thursday that accused a Jamaican national of illegally voting, finding the law criminalizing noncitizen voting was unconstitutional and delivering a blow to the Trump administration’s campaign against alleged election fraud. The ru
By David Shepardson and Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) – The US Postal Service said Thursday it will take a series of extraordinary measures to ensure the delivery of millions of ballots for next month’s 2026 congressional elections, including extending hours at some retail branches. USPS
By Andy Sullivan, Helen Coster, Ahmed Aboulenein and Tim McLaughlin WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration is sending $500 payments to nearly 1 million Americans this week, in a move that strategists say could potentially influence races that may determine whether his
(Corrects spelling of ‘lawyers’ in second text summary point) By Jonathan Allen Oct 1 (Reuters) – Christa Pike was critically ill and receiving “life-saving medical care” in a Nashville hospital on Thursday hours after she survived two attempts by Tennessee to execute her with lethal injections, her
(Washington, DC) — President Trump will be campaigning in three states this week to rally Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. Today, Trump will be in Denton, Texas, to tour the Peterbilt Motors facility and deliver remarks to workers. Later in the day, Trump will be in Durant, Oklahoma for a
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to hear a dispute over a policy by President Donald Trump’s administration that subjects millions of immigrants who entered the United States illegally to mandatory detention during their deportation proceedings. In
WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump said he regretted nominating three Supreme Court justices — Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh — who have opposed him in recent rulings, according to a Time Magazine interview. The Republican president was asked about his recen
By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Kentucky Democrats say they have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to flip a US Senate seat in a Republican stronghold. But a couple of things are missing: their governor and money. Kentucky is one of several states that President Donald Trump won
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump travels to Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday to begin a 32-day campaign blitz aimed at bolstering Republican candidates as his party fights to hold onto its slim congressional majorities in November’s midterm elections. Trump wants to
By Dawn Kopecki NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) – A super PAC backed by billionaire Ken Griffin has spent nearly $5 million on Florida’s US Senate race to bolster Republican candidate Ashley Moody, a sign that major donors and party leaders are scrambling to defend seats once considered safe as President
Oct 1 (Reuters) – California and six other states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Wednesday, accusing it of withholding federal funds approved by Congress, including about $810 million the White House moved to cancel before the fiscal year ended. Last week, US President Donald Tr
By Daniel Wiessner Sept 30 (Reuters) – A second federal judge on Wednesday blocked an unprecedented $100,000 fee that US President Donald Trump has imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. US District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California, ruled that US Citizenship and Im
(Washington, DC) — President Trump is confirming the last American forces are exiting Iraq. Speaking from the White House, Trump called Iraqi campaign a quagmire for America and said there’s been some very bad decision making before he took office. Trump praised the new Iraqi prime minister, whom Tr
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The two US senators backing a permanent legislative ban on Chinese vehicles in the US will not seek approval until the Senate returns from recess in November, congressional aides said Wednesday. Republican Senator Bernie Moreno said on Tuesday that
By Timothy Gardner and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – US senators from both parties said on Wednesday they have reached a deal to reform laws on the permitting of large energy and infrastructure projects, though a vote will not occur before the midterm elections. The agreement marks a
By Richard Cowan and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The US Senate on Wednesday blocked legislation requiring state utility regulators to consider whether large electricity users, including data centers, should bear the incremental costs of power infrastructure built to serve them and
Sept 30 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump began publicly attacking Jerome Powell — and privately musing about firing him — just months after Trump elevated Powell in 2018 to the top job at the US central bank. Trump was unhappy that Powell did not deliver the interest-rate cuts the president felt w
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The chair of the US Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday that taxpayer-funded television ads featuring President Donald Trump are not improper and do not raise any red flags. Democratic lawmakers said the White House transferred $20
Sept 30 (Reuters) – The US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Wednesday voted to advance Nicole Saphier as the nominee for US Surgeon General. President Donald Trump nominated Saphier in April, making her his third pick for the post after withdrawing the nominations of Case
WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton told a group of donors that President Donald Trump’s midterm convention hurt him and other Republicans running in November’s elections, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing an audio recording of the candidate and attendees.
By Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will announce on Wednesday plans for South Korea to invest $200 billion in US projects, including $54 billion to build the long-planned Alaska liquefied natural gas project, a White House official said. Th
(Refiling to change surname from Rivet to McDonald Rivet on second and subsequent references) By Tim Reid WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Democrats in competitive midterm races are increasingly declaring themselves proud capitalists, worried that Republican accusations of socialism and communism cou
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The US Court of International Trade on Wednesday scrutinized the legal and factual underpinnings of President Donald Trump’s latest global tariffs, which were imposed on nearly all US imports over allegations trading partners aren’t doing enough to st
