Category Archives: National
UPDATE: Chinese spy balloon changes course, floating over central United States-Pentagon
UPDATED 1:36 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Chinese spy balloon has changed course and is now floating eastward at about 60,000 feet (18,300 meters) over the central United States, demonstrating a capab...
Feb 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Pentagon building is seen in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. October 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
McCarthy says he will meet Biden again on U.S. debt ceiling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday that he and President Joe Biden have agreed to meet again for talks on raising the U.S. governme...
Feb 02, 2023 U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters following his meeting with President Joe Biden about the looming debt ceiling issue at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Republicans oust Ilhan Omar from high-profile U.S. House committee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on Thursday ousted Democrat Ilhan Omar from a high-profile committee over remarks widely condemned as antisemitic, two years after Demo...
Feb 02, 2023 U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) walks to her office after being ousted by the Republican-lead House of Representatives to serve on the Foreign Affairs Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; layoffs surge in January
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week as the labor market remained resilient despite higher borrowing costs and mountin...
Feb 02, 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
Punxsutawney Phil predicts longer winter
Punxsutawney, PA (FOX News) -- Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Thursday morning, calling for six more weeks of winter. Legend says if the groundhog sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of wi...
Feb 02, 2023 Anthony Quintano / CC
George Michael, Willie Nelson among Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees
(Reuters) - Late pop singer George Michael, 89-year-old country music icon Willie Nelson and rapper Missy Elliott are among the first-time nominees announced on Wednesday for the Rock & Roll Hall ...
Feb 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The 53rd Annual CMA Awards - Show - Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., November 13, 2019 - Willie Nelson performs. REUTERS/Harrison McClary/File Photo
Biden, McCarthy found 'common ground' in debt meeting, House Speaker says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy held initial talks on Wednesday on raising U.S. government borrowing limits in a first test of how the two will wo...
Feb 01, 2023 U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talks to reporters after he met with U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss the federal debt limit and spending, at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Fed delivers small rate hike, still anticipates 'ongoing increases'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, yet continued to promise "ongoing increases" in borrowing costs as part of i...
Feb 01, 2023 U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell addresses reporters after the Fed raised its target interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, during a news conference at the Federal Reserve Building in Washington, U.S., February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Tyre Nichols funeral draws civil rights leaders, U.S. vice president
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) -Family and friends of Tyre Nichols gathered in a Memphis church on Wednesday to pay their final respects to the Black 29-year-old father whose fatal beating by police last mo...
Feb 01, 2023 A view of a picture of Tyre Nichols during a news conference held by the family members of Nichols, the Black man who was beaten by Memphis police officers during a traffic stop and died three days later, at Mason Temple: Church of God in Christ World Headquarters, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
Biden moves to slash U.S. credit card fees, app charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Wednesday unveiled fresh efforts to slash credit card late fees and drive down the prices that Apple Inc and Google parent Alphabet Inc charge on mobile app st...
Feb 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A credit card payment terminal is seen photographed in New York March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
