Category Archives: National
US government spending bill extends farm programs, some nutrition aid
(Reuters) - The stopgap funding bill to keep the U.S. government open signed by President Joe Biden on Thursday includes funding through next September for farm programs and food assistance, but only ...
Nov 17, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, California, U.S., November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Commuter train crash leaves nearly 40 injured in Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. - A Chicago commuter train collided with rail equipment Thursday morning, leaving nearly 40 people injured, some of them critically. The Chicago Transit Authority train crashed into a "s...
Nov 17, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
US will not share intel on Hamas and Al Shifa hospital -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will not share any Israeli intelligence or elaborate on its own intelligence assessment that Hamas used Gaza's Al Shifa hospital as a command center and possibl...
Nov 17, 2023 A man walks within the premises of Al Shifa hospital during the Israeli ground operation around the hospital, in Gaza City November 12, 2023. Ahmed El Mokhallalati/via REUTERS/File Photo
Biden calls Xi a dictator after carefully planned summit
WOODSIDE, California (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had not changed his view that Chinese President Xi Jinping was effectively a dictator, a comment likely to land with a thu...
Nov 16, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Filoli estate on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Woodside, California, U.S., November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Federal jury convicts man in hammer attack on Pelosi's husband
(Reuters) - A federal jury on Thursday convicted a right-wing conspiracy theorist of a hammer attack on the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, prosecutors said. David Wayne DePape, 43,...
Nov 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: David Wayne DePape appears at U.S. District Court for federal charges over the attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 15, 2022 in a courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Vicki Behringer
Medics fear for patients inside main Gaza hospital, Israel says hostage's body found nearby
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Palestinian medics said on Thursday they are increasingly afraid for the lives of hundreds of patients and medical staff at Gaza's biggest hospital, cut off from all links to...
Nov 16, 2023 Smoke rises following an airstrike in Gaza, as seen from southern Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
UAW ratifies labor deal with General Motors
DETROIT (Reuters) -General Motors' tentative labor deal with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union has clinched ratification, making its workers the first of those at the Detroit Three automakers to app...
Nov 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. Picture taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook//File Photo
UPDATE: Embattled US Rep George Santos won't run for reelection after damning ethics report
UPDATED 11:05 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Embattled U.S. Representative George Santos on Thursday said he won't run for reelection shortly after a damning report by his fellow lawmakers referred "addit...
Nov 16, 2023 U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) speaks to members of the media after his Congressional colleagues voted not to expel him from the House, after he was indicted on 23 federal corruption charges, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo
Options for evacuating Gaza's Al Shifa hospital limited - WHO official
CAIRO (Reuters) - The United Nations is looking for ways to evacuate Al Shifa hospital in Gaza but options are limited by security and logistical constraints, a senior World Health Organization offici...
Nov 16, 2023 Tents and shelters used by displaced Palestinians stand at the yard of Al Shifa hospital during the Israeli ground operation around the hospital, in Gaza City November 12, 2023. Ahmed El Mokhallalati/via REUTERS/File Photo
US Capitol police clash with protesters demanding Gaza ceasefire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Capitol Police officers in riot gear clashed with dozens of demonstrators who gathered outside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in Washington on Wednesda...
Nov 16, 2023 Police and demonstrators argue at the entrance to the Democratic National Headquarters during a multi-denominational event hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America, IfNotNow Movement and Jewish Voice for Peace calling for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Washington, U.S. November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
