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DC facing $20 million security funding cut despite Trump complaints of US capital crime
By Courtney Rozen (Reuters) -The Trump administration plans to slash security funding for Washington, D.C., according to a grant notice, even as President Donald Trump asserts crime in the U.S. capita...
Aug 08, 2025
Mexico wants Adidas to pay up after Mexican-American designer launches Indigenous-inspired shoe
By Raul Cortes MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico is looking for footwear giant Adidas to pony up after a Mexican-American designer working with the firm, Willy Chavarria, launched a shoe inspired by a tra...
Aug 08, 2025
Rare ceremonial heads discovered in Peru shed light on 'Warriors of the Clouds'
CHACHAPOYAS (Reuters) -Archaeologists in Peru's Amazon region have uncovered two rare, 1,000-year-old ceremonial stone club heads along with roughly 200 ancient structures and a unique zigzag frieze. ...
Aug 08, 2025
Trump plans to name Rosner as FERC chair, Axios reports
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump plans to appoint David Rosner as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Axios reported on Friday, citing a White House official. (Reporting by Bha...
Aug 08, 2025
Endowment established at Peoria Riverfront Museum to honor longtime member
PEORIA, Ill. - A new endowment has been established at the Peoria Riverfront Museum by a longtime member and supporter. The museum announced Friday the Mike Rucker Endowment Fund for Science, made pos...
Aug 08, 2025
Trump’s team expands search for Fed chair to about 10 names, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's team is reviewing new contenders to lead the Federal Reserve once Chair Jerome Powell's term ends in May, including a longtime economic consultant and a past r...
Aug 08, 2025
Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the ...
Aug 08, 2025
Fed officials tilt dovish as US job market softens
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) -Since the Federal Reserve's decision last month to hold interest rates steady, a shift appears underway at the U.S. central bank, with several Fed officials sounding increasin...
Aug 08, 2025
University of California reviews US government's $1 billion UCLA settlement offer
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The University of California said on Friday it was reviewing a $1 billion settlement offer by President Donald Trump's administration for UCLA after the government froze h...
Aug 08, 2025
Trump fires IRS commissioner, Bessent named acting head
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is removing Billy Long as the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will temporarily serve as acting commissioner, a ...
Aug 08, 2025
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