Category Archives: National
UPDATE: Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan bid to fill top job in leaderless US House
UPDATED 1:35 P.M. 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 antag...
Oct 04, 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
Ford makes new offer in US labor dispute, GM furloughs more workers
(Reuters) -Ford Motor said on Tuesday it had made a new comprehensive contract offer in an effort to resolve a 19-day old targeted strike by the United Auto Workers but said a dispute over battery pla...
Oct 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Striking UAW workers picket outside a Stellantis facility in Center Line, Michigan, U.S., September 22, 2023. REUTERS/Dieu-Nalio Chery/File Photo
Judge in Trump fraud trial imposes gag order after Trump lashes out at clerk
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The judge overseeing Donald Trump's civil fraud trial on Tuesday imposed a gag order - promising sanctions for any violations - after the former U.S. president used social media to...
Oct 03, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a Manhattan courthouse, where he attends the trial of himself, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James, in New York City, U.S., October 3, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
'This is only a test:' National emergency alert tests to be sent to radio, TV, cell phones Wednesday
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Your cell phone and your radio might set off an alarm Wednesday, but it's only a test. FEMA says it and the Federal Communications Commission will conduct a national Emergency Alert...
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UPDATE: US House ousts Kevin McCarthy as leader in historic vote
UPDATED 3:52 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his job, as infighting among his fellow Republicans plunged Congress into...
Oct 03, 2023 U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) arrives for a House Republican conference meeting, where they are expected to discuss an attempt by Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to oust him from the speakership, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. October 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Court tosses $223.8 million verdict against J&J in talc cancer case
(Reuters) -A New Jersey appeals court on Tuesday threw out a $223.8 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson that a jury had awarded to four plaintiffs who claimed they developed cancer from bein...
Oct 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Bottles of Johnson & Johnson baby powder line a drugstore shelf in New York October 15, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
US House to vote Tuesday on leadership challenge to Speaker McCarthy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Tuesday on a leadership challenge to Speaker Kevin McCarthy by a fellow Republican that could plunge Congress into chaos. Republica...
Oct 03, 2023 U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol after the House of Representatives passed a stopgap government funding bill to avert an immediate government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. September 30, 2023. REUTERS/ Ken Cedeno
UPDATE: Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to gun charges in Delaware court
Updated 9:51 a.m. WILMINGTON, Delaware(Reuters) -President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he lied about his drug use while buying a handgun, in the first-ev...
Oct 03, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, arrives to appear in a federal court on gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., October 3, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar
EV maker Rivian beats quarterly delivery estimates after raising production
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Electric-vehicle maker Rivian Automotive on Monday reported third-quarter deliveries above market expectations, as it ramped up production to meet a sustained demand for its p...
Oct 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Rivian R1T electric truck is seen outside Munro & Associates headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S., June 3, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Trump civil fraud trial enters second day as business empire hangs in balance
(Reuters) -Donald Trump's civil trial continues in Manhattan on Tuesday in a case that threatens to dismantle parts of the former U.S. president's business empire and sharply curtail his ability to do...
Oct 03, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves a Manhattan courthouse after attending the first day of the trial of himself, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James, in New York City, U.S., October 2, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
