Highlights: The Trump presidency on March 2 at 5:35 p.m. ET(Reuters) - Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions removes himself from any investigations into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election because he was involved with Trump’s campaign. The Russian Embassy to the United States says it had regular contact with “U.S. partners” after the Washington Post reported that Sessions had failed to disclose meetings with Russia’s ambassador. FBI Director James Comey is tight-lipped when asked about investigations into any Russian meddling in the U.S. election during a closed-door meeting in Congress, the leading Democrat on the House intelligence committee says. Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson wins Senate approval to become secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, making him the sole African-American member of Trump’s Cabinet. The Senate votes to confirm Trump’s pick to head the Department of Energy, former Texas Governor Rick Perry, who has promised to focus much of his attention on renewing America’s nuclear weapons arsenal. Trump’s nominee to run the department overseeing the U.S. government’s health programs for the elderly and disabled wins the backing of a Senate committee, clearing the way for a full vote in the Senate. The United States says it carried out more than 20 precision strikes in Yemen targeting al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, in the first major operations against the group since a January raid by U.S. commandos. The White House is proposing to slash a quarter of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s budget, targeting climate-change programs and those designed to prevent air and water pollution like lead contamination, a source with direct knowledge of the proposal says. Trump says he wants a U.S. military buildup of more ships and planes to “project American power in distant lands,” making his case for a proposed $54 billion increase in defense spending that has U.S. lawmakers squabbling.   The lead Syrian opposition negotiator at peace talks in Geneva says he hopes Trump will correct the “catastrophic” errors of his predecessor, Barack Obama, to become a reliable partner against “devilish” Iran. The Trump administration’s dollar policy is not clear, and the currency’s further near-term strength will depend mainly on the speed of Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes, according to a majority of foreign exchange strategists polled by Reuters. politicsNews
highlights the trump presidency march et reuters highlights day president donald trump administration thursday attorney general jeff sessions removes investigations alleged russian meddling presidential election involved trump campaign the russian embassy united states says regular contact partners washington post reported sessions failed disclose meetings russia ambassador fbi director james come asked investigations russian meddling election meeting congress leading democrat house intelligence committee says former neurosurgeon ben carson wins senate approval become secretary department housing urban development making sole member trump cabinet the senate votes confirm trump pick head department energy former texas governor rick perry promised focus much attention renewing america nuclear weapons arsenal trump nominee run department overseeing government health programs elderly disabled wins backing senate committee clearing way full vote senate the united states says carried precision strikes yemen targeting al qaeda arabia peninsula first major operations group since january raid commandos the white house proposing slash quarter environmental protection agency budget targeting programs designed prevent air water pollution like lead contamination source direct knowledge proposal says trump says wants military buildup ships planes project american power distant lands making case proposed billion increase defense spending lawmakers squabbling the lead syrian opposition negotiator peace talks geneva says hopes trump correct catastrophic errors predecessor barack obama become reliable partner devils iran the trump administration dollar policy clear currency strength depend mainly speed federal reserve hikes according majority foreign exchange strategist polled reuters politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Highlights: The Trump presidency on March 2 at 5:35 p.m. ET(Reuters) - Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions removes himself from any investigations into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election because he was involved with Trump’s campaign. The Russian Embassy to the United States says it had regular contact with “U.S. partners” after the Washington Post reported that Sessions had failed to disclose meetings with Russia’s ambassador. FBI Director James Comey is tight-lipped when asked about investigations into any Russian meddling in the U.S. election during a closed-door meeting in Congress, the leading Democrat on the House intelligence committee says. Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson wins Senate approval to become secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, making him the sole African-American member of Trump’s Cabinet. The Senate votes to confirm Trump’s pick to head the Department of Energy, former Texas Governor Rick Perry, who has promised to focus much of his attention on renewing America’s nuclear weapons arsenal. Trump’s nominee to run the department overseeing the U.S. government’s health programs for the elderly and disabled wins the backing of a Senate committee, clearing the way for a full vote in the Senate. The United States says it carried out more than 20 precision strikes in Yemen targeting al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, in the first major operations against the group since a January raid by U.S. commandos. The White House is proposing to slash a quarter of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s budget, targeting climate-change programs and those designed to prevent air and water pollution like lead contamination, a source with direct knowledge of the proposal says. Trump says he wants a U.S. military buildup of more ships and planes to “project American power in distant lands,” making his case for a proposed $54 billion increase in defense spending that has U.S. lawmakers squabbling.   The lead Syrian opposition negotiator at peace talks in Geneva says he hopes Trump will correct the “catastrophic” errors of his predecessor, Barack Obama, to become a reliable partner against “devilish” Iran. The Trump administration’s dollar policy is not clear, and the currency’s further near-term strength will depend mainly on the speed of Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes, according to a majority of foreign exchange strategists polled by Reuters. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: highlights the trump presidency march et reuters highlights day president donald trump administration thursday attorney general jeff sessions removes investigations alleged russian meddling presidential election involved trump campaign the russian embassy united states says regular contact partners washington post reported sessions failed disclose meetings russia ambassador fbi director james come asked investigations russian meddling election meeting congress leading democrat house intelligence committee says former neurosurgeon ben carson wins senate approval become secretary department housing urban development making sole member trump cabinet the senate votes confirm trump pick head department energy former texas governor rick perry promised focus much attention renewing america nuclear weapons arsenal trump nominee run department overseeing government health programs elderly disabled wins backing senate committee clearing way full vote senate the united states says carried precision strikes yemen targeting al qaeda arabia peninsula first major operations group since january raid commandos the white house proposing slash quarter environmental protection agency budget targeting programs designed prevent air water pollution like lead contamination source direct knowledge proposal says trump says wants military buildup ships planes project american power distant lands making case proposed billion increase defense spending lawmakers squabbling the lead syrian opposition negotiator peace talks geneva says hopes trump correct catastrophic errors predecessor barack obama become reliable partner devils iran the trump administration dollar policy clear currency strength depend mainly speed federal reserve hikes according majority foreign exchange strategist polled reuters politicsnews