Tag: Reuters

  • Trump envoy’s embrace of Russian demands worries Republicans, U.S. allies

    https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-envoys-embrace-russian-demands-worries-republicans-us-allies-2025-04-11 NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) – Less than 48 hours after dining with a negotiator sent by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Washington last week, Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy leading talks with Moscow, sat down with President Donald Trump in the White House and delivered a clear message. The fastest way to…

  • Kash Patel was removed as acting ATF director, US officials confirm

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/kash-patel-removed-acting-atf-director-replaced-by-army-secretary-sources-say-2025-04-09 WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) – FBI Director Kash Patel was removed from his role as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and replaced by Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, U.S. officials confirmed on Wednesday. Reuters was first to report the leadership change, which the U.S. Justice Department had not disclosed…

  • Exclusive: Musk’s DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say

    https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/musks-doge-using-ai-snoop-us-federal-workers-sources-say-2025-04-08 April 8 (Reuters) – Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk’s DOGE team of technologists is using artificial intelligence to surveil at least one federal agency’s communications for hostility to President Donald Trump and his agenda, said two people with knowledge of the matter. While much of Musk’s Department…

  • Trump says US will soon announce tariffs on pharmaceutical imports

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-us-will-soon-announce-tariffs-pharmaceutical-imports-2025-04-09 April 8 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. will soon announce a “major” tariff on pharmaceutical imports. Speaking to an event at the National Republican Congressional Committee, Trump said the tariff will incentivize drug companies to move their operations to the U.S.

  • EU seeks unity in first strike back at Trump tariffs

    https://www.reuters.com/markets/eu-seeks-unity-first-strike-back-trump-tariffs-2025-04-06 BRUSSELS, April 6 (Reuters) – European Union countries will seek to present a united front in the coming days against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, likely approving a first set of targeted countermeasures on up to $28 billion of U.S. imports from dental floss to diamonds. Such a move would mean the EU joining…

  • Trump signs order to establish strategic bitcoin reserve

    https://www.reuters.com/technology/trump-signs-order-establish-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-white-house-crypto-czar-2025-03-07 WASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to establish a strategic reserve of cryptocurrencies by using tokens already owned by the government, disappointing some in the market who had hoped for a firm plan to buy new tokens. The announcement, made on Thursday ahead of a meeting…

  • Trump weighs revoking legal status of Ukrainians as US steps up deportations

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-plans-revoke-legal-status-ukrainians-who-fled-us-sources-say-2025-03-06/?lctg=61f5853cd1fa5e73cf6f0949 WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would soon decide whether to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, following a Reuters report that his administration planned to take that step. Such a move would be a stunning reversal of…

  • Trump administration disbands two expert panels on economic data

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-disbands-two-expert-panels-economic-data-2025-03-05 The Department of Commerce building is seen before an expected report of new home sales numbers in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has disbanded two expert committees that worked with the government to produce economic statistics, potentially affecting the quality of…