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Reuters
22-03-2025
- Business
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US Senator Daines meets China's Vice Premier He Lifeng
BEIJING, March 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Steve Daines, a strong supporter of President Donald Trump, met with China's economy tsar, Vice Premier He Lifeng, in Beijing on Saturday, according to a pool report. Daines will meet with Premier Li Qiang on Sunday, He told reporters as he greeted the Montana Republican at the Great Hall of the People. Get weekly news and analysis on U.S. politics and how it matters to the world with the Reuters Politics U.S. newsletter. Sign up here. Daines' visit marks the first in-person meeting with top Chinese officials in Beijing by a U.S. politician since Trump returned to the White House and immediately ratcheted up trade tensions with the world's second-largest economy. In February and again in March, Trump imposed tariffs on all Chinese goods, accusing Beijing of not doing enough to stem the flow of fentanyl into the United States. In early April, Trump is expected to unleash a round of tariffs on all countries that tax U.S. imports, potentially including China.
Reuters
22-02-2025
- Politics
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US judge blocks Trump's bid to ban DEI by federal agencies, contractors
Feb 21 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Maryland on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from implementing bans on diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal agencies and by businesses that contract with the federal government. U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson said the directives by Trump and an order urging the Department of Justice to investigate companies with DEI policies likely violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The orders are part of Trump's larger efforts to eradicate DEI initiatives, which critics say are discriminatory, from the government and the private sector. Abelson blocked Trump and several federal agencies from implementing the orders pending the outcome of a lawsuit by the city of Baltimore and three groups. "As Plaintiffs put it, 'efforts to foster inclusion have been widespread and uncontroversially legal for decades,'" wrote Abelson "Plaintiffs' irreparable harms include widespread chilling of unquestionably protected speech." Get weekly news and analysis on U.S. politics and how it matters to the world with the Reuters Politics U.S. newsletter. Sign up here.
Reuters
18-02-2025
- Politics
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Senior U.S. prosecutor resigns, citing demands to open probe into Biden-era contract
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The top federal prosecutor who supervised criminal cases at the Washington D.C. U.S. Attorney's office resigned on Tuesday, citing what she described as an improper demand by Trump-appointed officials to launch a criminal probe and pursue an asset freeze. In a letter to the interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin reviewed by Reuters, the office's criminal chief Denise Cheung wrote that President Donald Trump's administration had ordered her to investigate a government contract awarded during Joe Biden's administration and pursue a freeze of the recipient's assets. Get weekly news and analysis on U.S. politics and how it matters to the world with the Reuters Politics U.S. newsletter. Sign up here.
Reuters
17-02-2025
- Politics
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Trump nominates his top prosecutor in DC for permanent term
WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. President Donald Trump nominated his top prosecutor in Washington, Edward Martin, for a full and permanent term of U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Trump said on social media on Monday. Martin is already in the role in an interim capacity. Get weekly news and analysis on U.S. politics and how it matters to the world with the Reuters Politics U.S. newsletter. Sign up here.
Reuters
11-02-2025
- Politics
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Trump envoy secures release of American Marc Fogel from Russia
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, on a visit to Russia, secured the release on Tuesday of Marc Fogel, an American detained in Russia, the White House said. "President Trump, Steve Witkoff and the president's advisors negotiated an exchange that serves as a show of good faith from the Russians and a sign we are moving in the right direction to end the brutal and terrible war in Ukraine," White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said. Get weekly news and analysis on U.S. politics and how it matters to the world with the Reuters Politics U.S. newsletter. Sign up here.
