Author Archives: TJ Carson
US budget deficit mushrooms in May as revenue falls, Medicare outlays jump
(Reuters) - The U.S. budget deficit swelled in May from a year earlier as revenue tumbled and Medicare spending surged, the Treasury Department said on Monday in its first monthly accounting of the go...
Jun 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The American flag flies over the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
Biden has root canal treatment, cancels NATO meet, other events
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is rescheduling a meeting with the head of NATO and skipping his other public events on Monday to undergo his second root canal procedure in as many days...
Jun 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden departs Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, U.S., June 10, 2023. REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden
US senator opens probe into PGA Tour, LIV Golf agreement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal on Monday asked the PGA Tour and LIV Golf for communications and records related to their planned merger. Blumenthal, a Democrat who chairs the Se...
Jun 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Apr 23, 2023; Adelaide, South Australia, AUS; Dustin Johnson of Team Aces hits a shot during the final round of LIV Golf Adelaide golf tournament at Grange Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Mike Frey-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
FBI documents accuse Joe Biden of bribery scheme with Ukrainian firm
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Oversight Committee members have reviewed documents that allege President Joe Biden took money from a foreign company while he was Vice President. FOX News reports Biden was a...
Jun 09, 2023 stingrayschuller / CC
Suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance pleads not guilty in US court
(Reuters) - A convicted killer suspected in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba pleaded not guilty on Friday in a U.S. courtroom to charges of extortion and wire fraud...
Jun 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot, who was serving a 28-year sentence in Peru after confessing to killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman, is escorted to the airport to be extradited to the U.S., to face charges of extortion and wire fraud against the family of Natalee Holloway, in a case linked to his alleged involvement in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005, in Lima, Peru June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda
UPDATE: Trump faces 37 criminal counts in classified documents case
UPDATED 1:00 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump faces 37 criminal counts including charges of unauthorized retention of classified documents and conspiracy to obstruct justi...
Jun 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reacts after arriving at Aberdeen International Airport in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain May 1, 2023. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
Apple, Amazon must face consumer lawsuit over iPhone, iPad prices - US judge
(Reuters) - Apple and Amazon.com must face a consumer antitrust lawsuit in U.S. court accusing them of conspiring to artificially inflate the price of iPhones and iPads sold on Amazon's platform, a fe...
Jun 09, 2023 A view of the new iPhone 14 at an Apple event at their headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 7, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Trump lawyers quit documents case, and a former Trump aide is indicted
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two lawyers defending Donald Trump on federal charges of illegally retaining classified documents quit the case on Friday and a former aide was charged as well in surprise develo...
Jun 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures after arriving at Aberdeen International Airport in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain May 1, 2023. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
Sunak, Biden sign new US-UK agreement on clean energy, AI
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday agreed to deepen close economic ties between the United States and Britain, pledging to accelerate the...
Jun 08, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Man found guilty of 2022 New Year's shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County jury has found Robert White guilty in the 2022 New Year's shooting death of 33-year-old Daniela Jackson. The verdict came Thursday after closing arguments were made the ...
Jun 08, 2023 Robert White (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2022)
