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1 month ago | 
staradvertiser.com | Jason Lange |Andy Sullivan |Brad Heath
WASHINGTON >> The U.S. government spent more during President Donald Trump’s first month in office than it did during the same period a year ago, in a sign his cost-slashing effort has yet to reduce the nation’s heavy fiscal obligations, a Reuters analysis of federal data shows. Trump has frozen billions of dollars in foreign aid and fired more than 20,000 federal workers since he returned to power last month.
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2 months ago | 
staradvertiser.com | Tim Reid |Ned Parker |Valerie Volcovici |Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON >> Fearful U.S. government workers wrestled ahead of a Thursday deadline with whether to accept a “buyout offer” from the Trump administration, which has warned that those who don’t take it could be fired in a massive downsizing of many federal agencies. Federal worker unions renewed their warning to their members that the offer is not trustworthy and may not be legal, despite administration assurances.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
staradvertiser.com | Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON >> Former President Jimmy Carter’s body arrives in Washington today for three days of mourning beginning with him lying in state at the U.S. Capitol before a funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. The state funeral for the 39th U.S. president comes at a time of transition as Republican President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take power from Democratic President Joe Biden.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
gazette.com | Andy Sullivan
By Andy SullivanWASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's Republicans were projected to pick up another U.S. Senate seat on Thursday and appeared to be retaining their narrow hold on the House of Representatives, putting them on track to control both chambers of Congress next year. Several media outlets projected that Republican Dave McCormick would defeat Democratic Senator Bob Casey in Pennsylvania, giving Trump's party at least 53 seats in the 100-seat chamber next year.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
theglobeandmail.com | Andy Sullivan
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
msn.com | Andy Sullivan |Susan Heavey
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Andy Sullivan |Susan Heavey
By Andy Sullivan and Susan Heavey for ReutersArizona's top prosecutor, a Democrat, says her office is investigating whether Donald Trump violated state law for suggesting a prominent critic should face gunfire in combat. Trump has drawn outrage for comments he made about former lawmaker Liz Cheney at a campaign event in the battleground state of Arizona on Thursday (US time).
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
staradvertiser.com | Daniel Trotta |Andy Sullivan
PHILADELPHIA >> False claims about voter fraud in Pennsylvania have raised concerns that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump may once again seek to overturn the vote there or in other battleground states likely to determine the winner on Nov. 5. Opinion polls, both nationally and in the seven closely divided states, show Trump locked in a tight race with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris with four days to go before Election Day.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
gazette.com | Susan Heavey |Andy Sullivan
By Susan Heavey and Andy SullivanWASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump suggested former lawmaker Liz Cheney should face combat with guns trained on her, comments his campaign said were intended to criticize her as a warmonger but which critics condemned as evidence he would target his enemies if he wins the presidential election. "She's a radical war hawk. Let's put her with a rifle standing there, with nine barrels shooting at her, okay?
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
unionleader.com | Moira Warburton |Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will vote on legislation on Wednesday that pairs a must-pass spending bill with tighter voting rules, setting up an election year clash with the Democratic-majority Senate that risks a partial government shutdown. Congress must pass spending legislation before the start of the new fiscal year on Oct.
