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UPDATE: Biden lauds 'crisis averted' with debt ceiling deal in first Oval Office address
UPDATED 6:35 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden declared a "crisis averted" on Friday in his first address from the White House's Oval Office, as he touted the passage of a bill to r...
Jun 02, 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
Oath Keeper sentenced to 3 years in prison for sedition in US Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oath Keepers militant group member David Moerschel was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, atta...
Jun 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Police release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
US job growth beats expectations in May; unemployment rate rises to 3.7%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment increased more than expected in May, but a moderation in wages could allow the Federal Reserve to skip an interest rate hike this month for the first time since ...
Jun 02, 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
Dev Shah, 14, crowned US National Spelling Bee champion
(Reuters) -Dev Shah, a 14-year-old boy from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, nailing the word "psammophile," meaning an organism that thrives in sandy soils, in ...
Jun 02, 2023 Dev Shah, 14, reacts after winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition in National Harbor, Maryland U.S., June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
US Congress averts historic default, approves debt-limit suspension
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed bipartisan legislation backed by President Joe Biden that lifts the government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, averting what would have been a ...
Jun 02, 2023 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) holds a press conference after Congress approves a debt-limit suspension, averting what would have been a first-ever default, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Biden trips and falls during graduation ceremony, recovers quickly
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (Reuters) -President Joe Biden tripped and fell after handing out the last diploma at a graduation ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy on Thursday, but got up quickly and...
Jun 01, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the graduation ceremony at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
'The world needs you,' Biden tells Air Force graduates
COLORADO SPRINGS (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden warned graduates of the Air Force Academy on Thursday that they will face an increasingly unstable world, with challenges from China to Russia to c...
Jun 01, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden attends the graduation ceremony at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S., June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US weekly jobless claims rise slightly; labor market defies recession fears
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased modestly last week and private employers hired more workers than expected in May, pointing to conti...
Jun 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A sign advertising job openings is seen outside of a Starbucks in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Tape recording shows Trump acknowledging he kept classified document on Iran -CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have a 2021 audio recording of former President Donald Trump acknowledging he kept a classified Pentagon document about a possible attack on Iran after leavi...
Jun 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., April 27, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
UPDATE: US Senate will stay in session until debt ceiling bill passed -Schumer
UPDATE: 10:49 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will stay in session until it passes a bill to lift the government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sai...
Jun 01, 2023 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) arrives for his news conference after the weekly Senate Democratic caucus policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
