Category Archives: National
UPDATE: Disney holds preliminary talks with Nexstar on ABC sale -sources
UPDATED 3:28 P.M. (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co has held exploratory discussions about selling its U.S. TV network ABC to regional TV station operator Nexstar Media Group Inc, people familiar with the ma...
Sep 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A logo for ABC is pictured atop a building in Burbank, California February 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
UPDATE: U.S. auto workers target Detroit Three with first simultaneous strike
UPDATED 4:32 a.m. 9/15 DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union launched simultaneous strikes at three factories owned by General Motors, Ford and Chrysler owner Stellantis on Friday, kicking...
Sep 14, 2023 United Auto Workers hold up strike signs as their fellow union members walk out of the job at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, U.S., September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Eric Cox
Angry McCarthy goads House Republicans in government shutdown fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A visibly frustrated U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy profanely goaded recalcitrant fellow Republicans in a standoff over federal spending, warning that "nobody wins" if the go...
Sep 14, 2023 House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File photo
Biden's son Hunter hit with criminal gun charge in US special counsel probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden was criminally charged on Thursday, after efforts to reach a plea deal failed, leading to the first ever prosecution of a sitting pre...
Sep 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden walks to the motorcade after arriving at Fort McNair, after U.S. President Joe Biden spent the weekend at Camp David, in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo
Biden says Republicans want to impeach him to shut down the government
(Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Republicans wanted to impeach him because they want to shut down the government, hours after the White House denounced plans to launch an impeachment i...
Sep 14, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to service members, first responders, and their families on the day of the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Biden to address budget cuts, government shutdown in Thursday speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday will address the impact of federal budget cuts and a looming government shutdown on the American people, in what aides described as a major ...
Sep 14, 2023 US President Joe Biden addresses the nation on averting default and the Bipartisan Budget Agreement, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, June 2, 2023. JIM WATSON/Pool via REUTERS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
UPDATE: Detroit Three strike deadline nears as sides remain far apart
Updated 10:29 a.m. 9/14 (Reuters) - U.S. automakers and union negotiators offered little hope a deal would be reached on Thursday to avoid a midnight walk-off that would be the United Auto Workers' fi...
Sep 13, 2023 Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members rally in front of General Motors World headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File photo
Mitt Romney to retire from US Senate after wild ride through Republican politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Mitt Romney will not seek reelection in 2024, capping a roller-coaster ride through Republican politics from the height of his party's 2012 presidential nomination ...
Sep 13, 2023 U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) faces reporters during a news conference where he discussed his intention not to seek reelection following the end of his current term, which ends in January 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
White House defends U.S.-Iran prisoner swap deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday defended a U.S.-Iran prisoner swap deal that has drawn criticism from Republicans, saying Iran gets no U.S. sanctions relief from the deal. The Unit...
Sep 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Iranian and U.S. flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
US consumer prices accelerate in August on gasoline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased by the most in more than a year in August amid a surge in the cost of gasoline, but a moderate rise in underlying inflation could encourage the Fe...
Sep 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A worker fills a car belonging to a Texas resident, with gasoline at a gas station, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
