Category Archives: National
Biden, with few options on guns, sets up ceremonial office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Friday pledged to fight for gun safety laws in the United States while unveiling a new White House office of gun violence prevention. THE TAKE Vice Presid...
Sep 22, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) and Vice President Kamala Harris at his sides during an event announcing a new White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S. September 22, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Fed officials flag further hikes even after holding steady
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Federal Reserve officials warned on Friday of further rate hikes even after voting to hold the benchmark federal funds rate steady at a meeting this week, with three policym...
Sep 22, 2023 U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman gives her first public remarks as a Fed policymaker at an American Bankers Association conference in San Diego, California, U.S., February 11 2019. REUTERS/Ann Saphir
US will send Ukraine ATACMS long-range missiles, Biden tells Zelenskiy -NBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden has informed Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Washington will provide Kyiv with ATACMS long-range missiles, NBC News reported on Friday, citi...
Sep 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is embraced by U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
FTC to file antitrust case against Amazon as soon as Tuesday - Politico
(Reuters) -The Federal Trade Commission will file a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon in federal court as soon as Tuesday, Politico reported on Friday, kicking off the latest leg in the US...
Sep 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen, November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
U.S. House Republicans try long-shot strategy to avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday turned to a new strategy in a long-shot bid to prevent the fourth government shutdown in a decade, as time runs short ...
Sep 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: US Senator Menendez hit with bribery charges over Egypt ties
UPDATED 2:14 P.M. NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors on Friday charged powerful Senator Bob Menendez and his wife with taking bribes from three New Jersey businessmen, which could complic...
Sep 22, 2023 U.S. Senator Robert Menedez (D-NJ) walks to the Senate floor for a procedural vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Biden sets up White House office on gun violence prevention
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is establishing a new office of gun violence prevention at the White House to implement existing laws and work with local authorities to pass gun safety ...
Sep 22, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a celebration for Jewish American Heritage Month at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File photo
UPDATE: UAW to strike more GM, Stellantis facilities, has made progress with Ford
UPDATED 9:54 A.M. DETROIT (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers will expand its strikes against Detroit automakers General Motors and Chrysler parent Stellantis, but has made real progress in talks with ...
Sep 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Phaedra Grant, who has worked 34 years for Ford, holds a sign during a UAW rally to support striking workers outside an assembly plant in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Michael Swensen/File photo
UPDATE: Bus carrying high school band rolls off highway in New York, killing two
UPDATED 6:59 P.M. (9/21) (Reuters) - A bus carrying members of a high school marching band on a trip to a music camp ran off a highway and tumbled down a steep ravine in New York state on Thursday, ki...
Sep 21, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Detroit Three under pressure to progress UAW talks, avoid wider auto strikes
(Reuters) -The United Auto Workers (UAW) and the Detroit Three automakers were still at loggerheads with Friday's deadline looming for a threatened expansion of the union's U.S. strikes. The seven-day...
Sep 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Striking United Auto Workers members Laura Zielinski and Aisha Cochra hold their strike signs outside the Stellantis Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
