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July 25 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Saturday ​declined to ‌allow U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to implement in ‌23 ​states an ⁠executive order ⁠he signed that aims to tighten rules for mail-in ​voting ahead of November electio...

By Tim Reid WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - South Carolina is poised to remain the Democrats' first presidential primary state over Nevada after a vote by a powerful party committee on Friday, a racially fraught decision that pitted Black and Latino st...

By Jacob Bogage , Jarrett Renshaw and Tim McLaughlin WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump announced a non-binding pledge by U.S. power producers and data centers on Thursday to fund or build energy infrastructure that would meet massi...

By Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump took aim at the press with humor and barbs at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Friday, mixing in tropes typical of his political rallies at...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives backed a resolution on Thursday directing President Donald Trump to halt U.S. military action against Iran unless he obtains Congress' approval, but t...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives backed legislation on Thursday directing President Donald Trump to halt U.S. ​military action against Iran, the latest symbolic ‌rebuke of the Republi...

By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - Capital One executive Brian Johnson, U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told lawmakers on Thursday that he would not prejudge whether to pursue pendin...

By Jack Queen NEW YORK, July 23 (Reuters) - The Trump administration will withdraw subpoenas issued to New York Times' journalists who reported on security concerns about the president flying on a Qatari-donated Air Force One, a prosecutor said at a co...

WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - Moderate Amish Shah ​on ‌Wednesday won the Democratic Party primary election ‌in ​Arizona's ⁠U.S. House of ⁠Representatives first congressional district, according to ​media projections. Democrats' drive ⁠to win ⁠majorit...

WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed its version of a massive defense policy bill on Wednesday, despite Democrats' concerns about its huge price tag, the Iran war and a provision that would boost Pentagon ti...

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration named former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan on Wednesday as board chair of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. Separately, a...

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - The Justice Department is demanding data from New Jersey on non-U.S.-citizens the state says were accidentally registered to vote, as the Trump administration seeks to use the errors in its broader fi...

(In paragraph 11, corrects first name of Harvard Law School professor to Alex, not Alexander) By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, July 22 (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said this week that he had determined he lacked the legal authority to have Isra...

July 22 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday said it would evaluate putting nuclear energy projects in federal waters as part of its agenda to expand domestic energy production and ​speed deployment of advanced nuclear technologies. The Ma...

WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - From too many zeros to too few, and even the letter 'O' typed in its place, the new systems at the Pentagon have uncovered a trail of mistakes as the Defense Department pursues its first clean audit. After years of work,...

By Bo Erickson MARIETTA, Georgia, July 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump rallied supporters in Georgia on Wednesday to press for stricter nationwide voting requirements, leaning into his election-security message that some Republicans worry could h...

July 22 (Reuters) - Prediction market operator Kalshi said it had launched a new hub for tracking the U.S. midterm ​elections, offering users real-time election forecasts ‌alongside polling, fundraising and historical election data. The New York-based ...

By Jarrett Renshaw and Idrees Ali DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump attended a ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for four U.S. service members who returned to American soil in flag-draped caskets...

WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of ​Representatives on Tuesday ‌passed a short-term measure to avert a possible government shutdown ‌ahead ​of ⁠the November midterm ⁠elections by funding federal agencies through Dec...

By Joseph Ax and Doina Chiacu PRINCETON, New Jersey, July 21 (Reuters) - Nearly 400 New Jersey residents who were not U.S. citizens cast ballots after thousands of non-citizens were accidentally registered to vote between 2023 and 2024 due to a softwar...