Category Archives: National
Israel war adds urgency to US Republican House speaker crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives face new pressure to select a speaker after Israel declared war on Sunday, following a rare attack by Hamas militants that has pr...
Oct 09, 2023 An Israeli tank drives on a road following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, near Sderot in southern Israel October 8, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
UAW says its 'strike is working,' holds off on more walkouts
DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers held off on additional strikes against Detroit Three auto plants on Friday, citing General Motors' unexpected willingness to allow workers at joint-venture ...
Oct 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Striking United Auto Workers members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket on a street corner in Delta Township, Michigan U.S. September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Disrupting Saudi-Israel ties may have motivated Hamas attack, Blinken says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said part of the motivation for Hamas' latest attack on Israel could have been disrupting a potential normalizing of Israel-Saudi Arabia t...
Oct 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on, as U.S. President Joe Biden (not pictured) speaks about the conflict in Israel, after Hamas launched its biggest attack in decades, while making a statement about the crisis, at the White House in Washington, U.S. October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Israel pounds Gaza after deadly Hamas raid as conflict threatens to spiral
JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) -Israel battered Gaza on Sunday, a day after suffering its bloodiest attack in decades when Hamas fighters rampaged through Israeli towns, killing hundreds and abducting an un...
Oct 08, 2023 The contrails of rockets launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel are seen from Sderot, southern Israel October 8, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
UPDATE: US ready to offer Israel support after attacks- Biden
UPDATED 12:02 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday the United States was ready to offer "all appropriate means of support" to Israel after an attack from Palestinian Is...
Oct 07, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the September Jobs Report and National Manufacturing Day in the Roosevelt room at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 6, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
UN Security Council to meet Sunday over attacks on Israel -diplomats
(Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is due to meet on Sunday after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years on Saturday, diplomats said. U.N. Secreta...
Oct 07, 2023 Smoke and flames billow after Israeli forces struck a high-rise tower in Gaza City, October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
UPDATE: Israel 'at war' as Hamas unleashes surprise attack from Gaza
UPDATED 10:31 a.m. JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) -Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years on Saturday, killing dozens of people and taking hostages in a surprise ass...
Oct 07, 2023 A man runs on a road as fire burns after rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, Israel October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Oil prices rise, but post biggest weekly decline since March
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Friday but remained posted their steepest weekly losses since March, after another partial lifting of Russia's fuel export ban compounded demand fears due to mac...
Oct 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Oil rigs are seen at Vaca Muerta shale oil and gas drilling, in the Patagonian province of Neuquen, Argentina January 21, 2019. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo
US Postal Service seeks to hike stamp prices to 68 cents
(Reuters) - The United States Postal Service (USPS) said on Friday it wants to raise the price of first-class mail stamps to 68 cents from 66 cents effective Jan. 21. The proposal, which must be appro...
Oct 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A United States Postal Service (USPS) mailbox is seen in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
UPDATE: McCarthy says he will not resign from House after ouster as speaker
UPDATED 4:23 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Friday he will finish his congressional term and run for re-election, denying media reports ...
Oct 06, 2023 Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) carries a box as he leaves the office of the Speaker of the House and heads out of the U.S. Capitol several hours after being ousted from the position of Speaker by a vote of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. October 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
