Category Archives: National
Trump's threatening post flagged by U.S. prosecutors to judge
(Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors flagged a threatening social media post from Donald Trump in a late-night court filing on Friday, arguing that it suggests he might intimidate witnesses by improperly discl...
Aug 05, 2023 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during the ALGOP Summer Meeting in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Family ties were big part of Hunter Biden brand, former Burisma official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hunter Biden gave the impression to executives at Ukrainian energy company Burisma that he had leverage because of his father, Joe Biden, and sold those family ties as part of h...
Aug 05, 2023 Devon Archer, a former Hunter Biden business associate, departs following his deposition before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at the O'Neill House Office Building in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo
Trump pleads not guilty to additional charges in classified documents case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Friday to three new charges related to his handling of U.S. classified documents after he left the White House in 2021, a cour...
Aug 04, 2023 A copy of a superceding indictment is seen, after U.S. prosecutors broadened their criminal case against Donald Trump as they charged a second of his employees with helping the former president evade officials who were trying to recover sensitive national security documents he took from the White House, in a photo illustration in Washington, U.S. July 27, 2023. REUTERS/Don Pessin/Illustration/File Photo
Trump lawyers drop second challenge to Georgia prosecutor, grand jury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Donald Trump have dropped a second longshot bid to disqualify the Georgia prosecutor investigating whether the former president illegally interfered with the state's...
Aug 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. July 15, 2023. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
US job growth remains moderate in July; wage gains still strong
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy maintained a moderate pace of job growth in July, but solid wage gains and a decline in the unemployment rate pointed to continued tightness in labor market con...
Aug 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A sign for hire is posted on the window of a restaurant in New York City, U.S., April 29, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Striking Hollywood writers, studios meet to discuss resuming talks
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As the Hollywood writers' strike approaches the 100-day mark, Writers Guild of America (WGA) negotiators will meet on Friday with representatives of the major studios for the f...
Aug 04, 2023 A robot dog named Gato moves with a sign on it as SAG-AFTRA actors and Writers Guild of America (WGA) writers walk the picket line during their ongoing strike outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 2, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
UPDATE: Trump pleads not guilty of plotting to overturn election loss
UPDATED 5:51 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss in what U.S. prosecutors call an unprece...
Aug 03, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits between his attorneys Todd Blanche and John Lauro as he faces charges before Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya that he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss, at federal court in Washington, U.S. August 3, 2023 in a courtroom sketch. At far left is U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
UPDATE: Two US Navy sailors arrested on charges of sharing secrets with China
UPDATED 3;45 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested on charges of handing over sensitive national security material to China, U.S. officials said Thursday. Petty Officer W...
Aug 03, 2023 The USS Essex, a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship, arrives in Hong Kong harbour for a scheduled port visit, November 16, 2010. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
US weekly jobless claims rise moderately; layoffs drop to 11-month low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, while layoffs dropped to an 11-month low in July as labor market conditions remain t...
Aug 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter to be sentenced to death by judge
(Reuters) - A federal judge was due to formally sentence Robert Bowers to death on Thursday for killing 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack ...
Aug 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Police tape lines a sidewalk in front of the Tree of Life synagogue where a vigil was held on Saturday morning to mark one week after the deadly shooting, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Alan Freed/File Photo
