Category Archives: National
UPDATE: GM makes new counteroffer to UAW in strike talks
UPDATED 12:51 P.M. DETROIT (Reuters) -General Motors said on Thursday it had made a counteroffer to the United Auto Workers (UAW) in a bid to end a strike by the union against the U.S. automaker. Sepa...
Oct 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The new 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
Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan bid to fill top job in leaderless US House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The race to replace ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy took shape on Wednesday as Steve Scalise, the chamber's No. 2 Republican, and Jim Jordan, a leading antagonist of Democrat...
Oct 05, 2023 House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), a prime contender in the race to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, arrives for a meeting with the Texas Republican House delegation the morning after former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted from the position of Speaker by a House vote, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. October 4, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Powerball jackpot grows to $1.4 billion after no winner Wednesday
CHICAGO, Ill. - The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $1.4 billion after no one matched all six numbers Wednesday night. Wednesday's winning numbers were: 9, 35, 54, 63, 64 and the Powerba...
Oct 05, 2023 (Powerball)
With trial underway, Trump appeals New York judge's fraud ruling
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Wednesday appealed a judge's refusal to dismiss New York Attorney General Letitia James' civil fraud lawsuit against him and his family business, two days after the...
Oct 04, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures while talking to the media during a break as he attends trial in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James against him, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in New York City, U.S., October 4, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar
US Supreme Court mulls limiting disability bias lawsuits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday raised concerns about lawsuits targeting hotels and other places of lodging for omitting details in their reservation systems about acce...
Oct 04, 2023 The United States Supreme Court building is seen as in Washington, U.S., October 4, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Sam Bankman-Fried's wealth was 'built on lies,' prosecutor says at trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sam Bankman-Fried's wealth and power was "built on lies," a U.S. prosecutor said on Wednesday in opening statements for his trial on charges of stealing billions of dollars from cu...
Oct 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at the United States Courthouse in New York City, U.S., July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo
UPDATE: Judge chides Donald Trump lawyer's 'ridiculous' questioning in civil fraud trial
UPDATED 1:11 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge overseeing Donald Trump's civil fraud trial pounded his fists in frustration with the former U.S. president's lawyers on Wednesday for what he described ...
Oct 04, 2023 Judge Arthur Engoron is seen in the courtroom before the start of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial at the State Supreme Court building in New York, U.S. October 4, 2023. Mary Altaffer/Pool via REUTERS
US private payrolls gains smallest in more than 2-1/2 years, ADP report shows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. private employers added the fewest workers in more than 2-1/2 years in September, with large establishments shedding jobs, but that likely exaggerates the pace of slowdown i...
Oct 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
UPDATE: Biden announces $9 billion more in student debt relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that his administration has approved an additional $9 billion in student debt relief for 125,000 borrowers. Biden has said he wil...
Oct 04, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about student debt in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 4, 2023.REUTERS/Leah Millis
Five injured in shooting at Morgan State University
BALTIMORE, Md. - Officials say at least five people were wounded Tuesday evening, none of them critically, in a shooting at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. The shooting happened as stu...
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