Category Archives: National
US House Republicans aim to release shutdown-averting measure Saturday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives expect to release a stopgap spending measure on Saturday, aimed at averting a partial government shutdown by keeping fe...
Nov 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Newly-elected U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) walks from his office to the House floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 26, 2023.REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
Former US astronaut Frank Borman dies at 95
(Reuters) - Former U.S. astronaut Frank Borman, who made history by commanding the first manned flight to circle the moon and later piloted Eastern Airlines as chairman in severe economic turbulence, ...
Nov 10, 2023 NASA astronaut Frank Borman in an undated photo. Borman served as the commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the world. Courtesy NASA/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Palestinian officials say Israeli air strikes hit Gaza hospitals
GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli air strikes hit Gaza's biggest hospital, the Al Shifa, on Friday, killing one person and wounding others sheltering there, Palestinian officials said, one of several hospitals ...
Nov 10, 2023 Palestinians stand on the street after an Israeli raid, in Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
US Senate Democrats tee up bill to avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday took a procedural step to allow the Democratic-majority chamber to pass a stopgap government funding bill before a Nov. 17 ...
Nov 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is seen in Washington, U.S., August 15, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo
Democratic US Senator Joe Manchin will not seek re-election in 2024
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a maverick who has often bucked party leadership in the past two years, said on Thursday that he will not seek re-election, hurting Democrat...
Nov 09, 2023 U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) looks on during a Senate Appropriations committee hearing as lawmakers in the U.S. Congress struggle to reach a deal to head off a looming partial government shutdown less than two weeks away on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo
Biden backs Tesla, Toyota unionization, slams Trump
BELVIDERE, Illinois (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday backed the United Auto Workers' efforts to unionize carmakers Tesla and Toyota and asked auto workers to reject his Republican opponent, ...
Nov 09, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to United Auto Workers (UAW) union members in Belvidere, Illinois, U.S., November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Biden gets four-hour battle pauses from Israel after pushing for three-day stoppages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel will begin daily four-hour pauses in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday to enable Palestinians to flee hostilities in the coastal enclave, the White House said after Pres...
Nov 09, 2023 A man carries a child on his shoulders, as Palestinians fleeing north Gaza head towards the south, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
New US jobless claims edge down; continued claims on the rise
(Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits edged down last week, signaling that layoffs remain low even as the still-strong job market shows some signs of cooling. ...
Nov 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A "now hiring" sign is displayed outside Taylor Party and Equipment Rentals in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Displaced pack Gaza hospitals, others flee as Israelis and Hamas clash
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces fought Hamas militants among ruined buildings in the north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, inching their way closer to two big hospitals as the plight of civili...
Nov 09, 2023 Palestinians fleeing north Gaza walk towards the south, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Trump ally Bannon to ask court to overturn contempt of US Congress conviction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Steve Bannon, who was a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, is set to ask a federal appeals court on Thursday to overturn his criminal conviction for defying a subp...
Nov 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist under former President Donald Trump, who was found guilty of contempt of Congress charges in July for refusing a subpoena about the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, speaks to reporters after his sentencing hearing at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
