Panama minister says US defense chief Hegseth will visit in April
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to travel to Panama in April, his Panamanian counterpart said on Tuesday, with the two officials aiming to work together on strategies to combat irregular migration
Senators float resolution to overturn Biden methane fee rule
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday introduced a resolution to overturn the Biden administration’s proposed fee on methane emissions, one of the previous Environmental Protection Agency’s final measures to force big oil
Trump to ban transgender girls, women from female sports events, White House official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday effectively banning transgender girls and women from participating in female sports events in schools and colleges, a White House official said. The order,
Trump says he thinks he will wind down US humanitarian agency
By Jeff Mason and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he thinks he will wind down the U.S. Agency for International Development, in what would be a dramatic overhaul of how the
Trump’s tariff tactics carry higher economic risks than during his first term
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Donald Trump started the biggest trade war since the 1930s in his first term, his impulsive combination of threats and import taxes on U.S. trading partners created chaos, generated drama — and drew
Trump administration taps right-wing ideologue for senior State Dept job
By Daphne Psaledakis and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has appointed to serve as the top public diplomacy official at the State Department a former speech writer for President Donald Trump with a history
Officials identify 66 of 67 bodies in DC helicopter plane collision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Officials have positively identified 66 of the 67 people killed in Wednesday’s midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. A joint statement
Trump says he would like to close Dept of Education with executive action
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would like to be able to close the federal Department of Education using an executive order. “We spend more per pupil than any other country in the
Judge says Elon Musk’s claims of harm from OpenAI are a ‘stretch’ but welcomes possible trial
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Elon Musk’s lawyers faced off with OpenAI in court Tuesday as a federal judge weighed the billionaire’s request for a court order that would block the ChatGPT maker from converting itself to a
Lawsuit accuses University of California of racial discrimination in admissions
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A lawsuit filed this week accuses the University of California of racial discrimination in undergraduate admissions by favoring Black and Latino students over Asian American and white applicants. A group called Students
