Category Archives: National
Biden budget would cut deficit by nearly $3 trillion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's budget proposal will aim to cut U.S. budget deficits by nearly $3 trillion over 10 years, the White House said on Wednesday, far more than the $2 trillion B...
Mar 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the International Association of Fire Fighters' (IAFF) 2023 Legislative Conference in Washington, U.S., March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Memphis judge delays release of video, audio in beating death of Tyre Nichols
(Reuters) -A Memphis judge on Wednesday halted the release of more than 20 hours of additional video and audio footage related to the killing of Tyre Nichols, an unarmed Black man who was beaten by po...
Mar 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The parents of Tyre Nichols, RowVaughn and Rodney Wells, appear in the courtroom where five former Memphis police officers who have been charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols attend an arraignment hearing at Shelby County courthouse in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht
Murdoch said Fox hosts may have gone 'too far' in covering stolen-election claims
(Reuters) -Fox Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch said that hosts Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham maybe "went too far" in their coverage of voter fraud claims, according to an email in a trove of exhibits i...
Mar 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Fox News channel sign is seen at the News Corporation building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., June 15, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
U.S. Senator Schumer condemns Speaker McCarthy for supplying Jan.6 videos to Fox
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday accused House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy of helping Fox News stoke conspiracy theories by providing videos th...
Mar 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: People pass by a promo of Fox News host Tucker Carlson on the News Corporation building in New York, U.S., March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
US NTSB opens special probe into Norfolk Southern after derailments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has opened a special investigation into Norfolk Southern's safety practices and culture after recent derailments of its trains, the...
Mar 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: General view of the site of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste, in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Alan Freed
China warns U.S. to stop suppression or risk 'conflict'
BEIJING (Reuters) -The United States should change its "distorted" attitude towards China or "conflict and confrontation" will follow, China's foreign minister said on Tuesday, while defending its sta...
Mar 07, 2023 Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang attends a news conference on the sidelines of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Fed's Powell opens the door to higher and possibly faster rate hikes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve will likely need to raise interest rates more than expected in response to recent strong data and is prepared to move in larger steps if the "totality" of in...
Mar 07, 2023 Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell takes his seat to testify before a U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Two of four Americans kidnapped by gunmen in Mexico found dead
UPDATED 7:21 A.M. MATAMOROS, Mexico (Reuters) -Two of four Americans kidnapped by gunmen on Friday just after they drove into northeastern Mexico have been found dead, U.S. and Mexican officials said ...
Mar 07, 2023 Forensic technicians work at the scene where authorities found the bodies of two of four Americans kidnapped by gunmen, in Matamoros, Mexico March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
White House may restart detention of migrant families - sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is considering restarting the detention of migrant families caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, four current and former U.S. officials told Reuters, which wo...
Mar 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Migrants who are seeking asylum in the United States rest as they wait at a makeshift encampment near the border between the U.S. and Mexico, in Matamoros, Mexico, December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
Biden to tax high-earners to save Medicare
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will propose raising the Medicare tax on high earners to help keep the federal insurance program solvent as part of his budget to be released on Thursday, the Whit...
Mar 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the DNC 2023 Winter Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
