Jeff Mason

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Trevor Hunnicutt |Jeff Mason

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff MasonWASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that critical programs handled by the Education Department for student loans and nutrition would be transferred to other departments as part of his effort to shutter the agency. Trump, who signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at dismantling the Education Department, told reporters in the Oval Office that its student loans portfolio would be handled by the Small Business Administration.

2 months ago | rnz.co.nz | Steve Holland |Matt Spetalnick |Jeff Mason

By Steve Holland, Matt Spetalnick and Jeff Mason, ReutersUS President Donald Trump vowed the US would take over the war-ravaged Gaza Strip after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere and develop it economically, a move that would shatter decades of US policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Trump unveiled his surprise plan, without providing specifics, at a joint press conference with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

2 months ago | thestar.com.my | Trevor Hunnicutt |David Shepardson |Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters): Scores of people were feared dead after an American Airlines regional passenger jet carrying 64 people collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport. NBC's Washington affiliate News4 reported that more than 30 bodies had been recovered from the river. U.S. Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas, from where the flight was traveling, suggested most, if not all those, on board had been killed.

Jan 20, 2025 | streetinsider.com | Andrea Shalal |Jeff Mason

By Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration would likely stop buying oil from Venezuela and was looking "very strongly" at the South American country. "It was a great country 20 years ago, and now it's a mess," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office hours after his inauguration. "We don't have to buy their oil.

Jan 10, 2025 | marketscreener.com | Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he did not believe his decision to run for re-election paved the way for President-elect Donald Trump to win in 2024 and indicated he is still considering pre-emptive pardons for people whom Trump has targeted. Trump, a Republican who will return to the White House on Jan. 20, beat Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, last year and repeatedly called for the prosecution of his perceived enemies.