Category Archives: National
Former Trump adviser Navarro convicted of contempt of Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro was found guilty on Thursday of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House of Representatives co...
Sep 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Peter Navarro, a White House economic adviser under former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks to reporters outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson
'That 70's Show' actor Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for rapes
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "That '70s Show" actor Danny Masterson was sentenced on Thursday to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women about 20 years ago in a case that stirred controversy around...
Sep 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Actor Danny Masterson is arraigned on three rape charges in separate incidents between 2001 and 2003, at Los Angeles Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
GM offers 10% wage hike in contract talks that UAW calls 'insulting'
(Reuters) -General Motors on Thursday made a counterproposal to the union representing its U.S. hourly workers in a bid to avoid a costly strike, but United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain called th...
Sep 07, 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. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
US jobless claims hit lowest level since February; productivity strongest in years
(Reuters) -The number of Americans seeking jobless benefits for the first time fell unexpectedly last week to the lowest level since February, pointing to a U.S. job market that remains relatively tig...
Sep 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a "Help Wanted" sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Blinken hails Kyiv's pushback against Russia in visit clouded by attack
By Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey Ukraine has made important progress in its counteroffensive against Russia's invasion, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday during a visit overshadowed by a ...
Sep 07, 2023 Emergency services work following an attack on the city of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine, September 6, 2023, according to presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak, in this still image from video obtained from social media. Volodymyr Zelenskiy via Telegram/via REUTERS
Biden rejects conditions of plea deal for Sept. 11 attacks defendants
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has rejected several conditions sought by five Guantanamo Bay prisoners as part of a deal with federal prosecutors that would see them plead guilty to conspiring i...
Sep 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: In this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, members of a legal defence team walk at a U.S. military war crimes court at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/Pool/File Photo
Judge in Trump Georgia election case 'very skeptical' of trying all defendants together
(Reuters) - A Georgia judge on Wednesday said he was "very skeptical" that Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants could stand trial together as soon as next month in a sprawling criminal case accusing them...
Sep 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower after giving a deposition to New York Attorney General Letitia James who sued him and his Trump Organization, in New York City, U.S., April 13, 2023. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
McConnell says he will finish his term in the Senate
UPDATED 8:24 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday he plans to serve the rest of his two-year term as party leader and his full six-year term in offic...
Sep 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks to the Senate floor amid ongoing talks over government funding, as the threat of an October government shutdown looms on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 6, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson
Detroit UAW workers strike threat tests Biden's plan to win union votes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's strategy of backing politically crucial unions while avoiding strikes that cripple the economy has hit a bump in Detroit. During a summer of labor unr...
Sep 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks celebrating Labor Day and honoring America’s workers and unions at the Annual Tri-State Labor Day Parade at Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union 19, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 4, 2023. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
UPDATE: US prosecutors to seek Hunter Biden indictment by Sept. 29 -court filing
UPDATED 4:08 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors said in a court filing on Wednesday they will seek an indictment of President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, by Sept. 29 in his tax and firearms cas...
Sep 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
