Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Trump chooses US COVID policy critic Bhattacharya to lead NIH
(Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday chose Stanford academic and U.S. COVID policy critic Jay Bhattacharya to run the National Institutes of Health, the country's top public funder of me...
Nov 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO: US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, DC, U.S. on November 13, 2024. ALLISON ROBBERT/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Trump taps Jamieson Greer as US trade representative as ramps up tariff plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday chose trade lawyer Jamieson Greer as his new U.S. trade representative, elevating a key veteran of his first-term trade war against China ...
Nov 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Chief of Staff of United States Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, takes part in a meeting of Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) of APEC ahead of November Presidential summit, at the Hotel Sheraton Miramar in Vina del Mar, Chile May 17, 2019. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes effect, civilians head back to south Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) -A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah came into effect on Wednesday after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the U.S. and France, a rare victory for...
Nov 27, 2024 A man waves a Lebanese flag as he stands amidst the rubble of a building destroyed in Israeli strikes, after a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah took effect at 0200 GMT on Wednesday after U.S. President Joe Biden said both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the United States and France, in Tyre, Lebanon, November 27, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Rivian gets $6.6 billion conditional loan approval to build Georgia EV plant
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Rivian said on Monday it has received conditional approval for a loan of up to $6.6 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy to build the electric vehicle maker's production...
Nov 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Electric truck maker Rivian unveils R2 SUV during an event in Laguna Beach, California, U.S. March 7, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Judge tosses Trump 2020 election case after prosecutors' request
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed the federal criminal case accusing Donald Trump of attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat after prosecutors moved to drop that prosecuti...
Nov 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, U.S., in 2023. REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis, Kevin Wurm/File Photo
Tips for holiday travelers as new U.S. consumer protections kick in
NEW YORK - If you thought last year's holiday travel was insane, well, buckle your seatbelt. AAA projects 79.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from their home over Thanksgiving, an incr...
Nov 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People walk to their flight gates ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 22, 2023. REUTERS/Vincent Alban/File Photo
Plans for downtown Peoria hotel and apartments scrapped
PEORIA, Ill. - The empty Sully's and Illinois Central College buildings off SW Adams Street in downtown Peoria will stay empty after plans to redevelop the block fizzled out. City leaders say the plan...
Nov 26, 2024 (25 News)
Israel expected to approve ceasefire with Hezbollah, Israeli official says
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israel looks set to approve a U.S. plan for a ceasefire with Lebanon's Hezbollah on Tuesday, a senior Israeli official said, clearing the way for an end to the conflict tha...
Nov 26, 2024 Civil defence members clear a road at a damaged site, in the aftermath of Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Lebanon November 26, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Yassin
US farm groups want Trump to spare their workers from deportation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent ...
Nov 25, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Mexican migrant worker picks blueberries during a harvest at a farm in Lake Wales, Florida, U.S., March 31, 2020. Picture taken March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Google's US antitrust trial over online ad empire draws to a close
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice will make its final argument on Monday that Google illegally dominated online advertising technology, seeking a second antitrust win against the company. The...
Nov 25, 2024 The logo of Google LLC is shown on a building in San Diego, California, U.S., October 9, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
