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By Jan Wolfe and Patricia Zengerle Oct 11 (Reuters) - Republican and Democratic US senators called on President Donald Trump on Sunday to "reverse course" on his diesel supply deal with Russia, saying it runs counter to US law barring imports of energy...

WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The US Justice Department said on Saturday it is investigating whether television networks violated federal ​antitrust laws over their decision ‌to boycott covering the White House following its decision to pull the crede...

By Leah Douglas, Joseph Ax and Tim Reid WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - On paper, Democrat Justin Pearson, a 31-year-old Tennessee state legislator, has little chance of winning the state's 9th Congressional District, which Republican lawmakers redrew m...

By Andrew Chung Oct 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to revive his dismissed lawsuit against his 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton accusing her of conspiring along with former FBI Director James Comey and ot...

WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump on Friday canceled a planned trip to Alabama on Saturday for a ​college football game with a hurricane ‌expected to impact the city where the Alabama-Georgia contest is to be played. Trump still p...

By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A Republican lawmaker has called on the Defense Department to put US research funding restrictions on ​dozens more Chinese universities, including one with ‌ties to top American business leaders. Repre...

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A US judge ruled on Friday that the Justice Department's push to obtain state voter rolls and check ​them against a federal immigration database in order ‌to demand that states remove voters it deemed ineligible...

By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he has appointed Katie Zacharia, a communications adviser for his Truth Social platform, to serve as White House press secretary following ​Karoline Leavitt's de...

By Bo Erickson and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - US Vice President JD Vance said on Friday that he would not watch ​a livestream of the military execution of ‌the gunman who killed 13 people at Fort Hood military base in 2009, while Presi...

By Ann Saphir WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump launched a new inquiry into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook weeks before congressional elections, convening an investigative committee and ordering an unprecedented White House he...

By Howard Schneider, Ann Saphir and Jason Lange WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Some 78% of Americans blame President Donald Trump's policies for rising prices that are outpacing their earnings, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that found majorities of ...

By Jarrett Renshaw and Nicole Jao WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters) - US diesel prices remain at near-record highs, up 70% since the US-Israeli war on Iran began despite two recent moves by President Donald Trump to boost supplies: pressuring allies...

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - In a burst of anti-Somali and anti-Muslim rhetoric, President Donald Trump cast the Somali American community as a threat to Minnesota on Thursday, hours after he labeled Muslim US Senate candidate Abdul ...

By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - The four leaders of US President Donald Trump's AI task force are slated to meet on Thursday, task force vice chair ​Scott Kupor told Reuters, adding that he expects the ‌full committee to convene next we...

WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Republican US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News he does not know if he will remain in politics if his party loses control of the chamber ​in next month's congressional election even as he insisted...

By Jack Queen Oct 8 (Reuters) - A federal judge heard arguments during a hearing in Washington on Thursday over a bid by CNN, MS NOW and Politico to extend their protection against being banned from the White House by US President ​Donald Trump. Trump'...

(Removes extraneous word "Secret" in paragraph 5) By Christian Martinez and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday backed a plan to turn part of his West ​Palm Beach, Florida, golf course into a Camp ‌David-sty...

By Jan Wolfe and David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Democratic Party officials sued US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, seeking a court order blocking his administration from using taxpayer money to pay for election-related TV ​ads. The...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The US Transportation Department said on Wednesday it is proposing to boost grants for major transit projects by 10% in areas that have above-average marriage and birth rates ​and imposing strict deadli...

By Bo Erickson, Jarrett Renshaw and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would fire two top election advisers if their work for a Bosnian territorial government posed a conflict of interest ​weeks ahea...