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Reuters United States Domestic News Summary

Following is a summary of present US domestic news briefs.

US to utilize AI to withdraw visas of trainees it views as Hamas supporters, Axios reports

The U.S. State Department will utilize artificial intelligence to revoke visas of foreign trainees who it views as supporters of Palestinian Hamas militants, Axios reported on Thursday, pointing out senior State Department authorities. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January to combat antisemitism and has actually pledged to deport non-citizen university student and others who took part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations that have actually been ongoing for months amidst Israel’s military attack on Gaza after Hamas’ October 2023 attack.

CIA fires an unspecified variety of brand-new officers

The Central Intelligence Agency fired a variety of recent hires this week, three people knowledgeable about the matter said, cuts that present and former U.S. intelligence officers cautioned would run the risk of harmful U.S. nationwide security. The shootings under U.S. President Donald Trump’s brand-new CIA director, John Ratcliffe, come as Trump commands enormous federal labor force reductions overseen by billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Veterans, farm groups slam Trump cuts at Democrat-run Arizona town hall

Arizona farm groups and veterans united by Democratic attorneys basic blasted U.S. President Donald Trump’s federal cuts, saying the president was overlooking judges who obstructed his executive orders and harming previous service members. They spoke at an in some cases raucous town hall on Wednesday night organized by the nation’s 23 Democratic lawyers basic, who have submitted claims to ask judges to obstruct a string of Trump executive orders, including his suspension of trillions of dollars in federal grants, loans and monetary support.

‘We’re in a dark area,’ US judge says on rising hazards

Threats versus U.S. judges are rising and lawyers need to do more to push back against heated rhetoric, four federal judges said in a panel conversation on Thursday. Speaking at an American Bar Association conference on white collar crime in Miami, U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware of Las Vegas federal court said risks versus the judiciary had actually gone up « exponentially. »

Trump’s FDA candidate tepidly backs role for vaccine consultants in secured Senate appearance

Martin Makary, President Donald Trump’s candidate to run the U.S. FDA, told lawmakers on Thursday he would assemble a committee of vaccine advisers but stated he would reevaluate which clinical concerns require their input. It was among a number of problems on which Makary, a Johns Hopkins doctor, kept his cards near to his chest while dealing with the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee for 2 hours.

Trump informs cabinet secretaries they, not Musk, supervise of personnel cuts

U.S. President Donald Trump informed his cabinet members on Thursday that they, not Elon Musk, have the last word on staffing and policy at their firms, according to a source knowledgeable about the matter. The billionaire Tesla CEO and his Department of Government Efficiency will play an advisory function just, Trump stated, according to the source. Musk remained in the space and informed the cabinet he was excellent with Trump’s plan, the source stated.

Promote irreversible US daytime saving time frozen as Trump says Americans are divided

A three-year congressional effort to make daytime saving time long-term in the United States appears to have halted, with President Donald Trump stating on Thursday that Americans are evenly divided over the issue. Daylight saving time – putting the clocks forward one hour throughout the summertime half of the year to make the many of the longer evenings – has remained in place in nearly all of the United States because the 1960s, however supporters have actually pressed to make it year-round.

Sean faces new indictment, is accused of ‘required labor’

U.S. prosecutors on Thursday revealed a new indictment versus Sean « Diddy » Combs, accusing the hip-hop mogul of requiring staff members to work long hours and threatening to punish those who did not assist in his two-decade sex trafficking scheme. Combs, 55, still faces a scheduled May 5 trial in Manhattan on federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to take part in prostitution. He has actually pleaded not guilty.

US federal workers hit back at Trump mass shootings with class action problems

U.S. federal government workers who have actually been fired in the Trump administration’s purge of recently hired employees are responding with class action-style problems claiming that the mass firings are prohibited and tens of thousands of individuals ought to get their jobs back. Lawyers at two firms stated on Thursday that they had actually filed six appeals with the federal Merit Systems Protection Board because last week and, in addition to other law practice, plan to produce 15 more on an agency-by-agency basis on behalf of large groups of employees who were fired in current weeks.

Trump administration must make some foreign help payments by Monday, judge rules

The Trump administration need to make some payments to foreign aid specialists and grant recipients by 6 p.m. (1100 GMT) on Monday, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed the administration’s request to prevent a due date for the payments. The judgment by U.S. District Judge Amir Ali came at completion of a hearing in a claim by contractors and non-profit grant recipients challenging President Donald Trump’s extensive freeze of U.S. foreign help, a day after the groups got an increase from the Supreme Court. It purchases the federal government to pay invoices sent by the complainants in the case before February 13.