Category Archives: National
U.S. House administration arm bans TikTok on official devices
(Reuters) - The popular Chinese video app TikTok has been banned from all U.S. House of Representatives-managed devices, according to the House's administration arm, mimicking a law soon to go into ef...
Dec 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo
U.S. FDA weighs regulating cannabis compound CBD in food, supplements - WSJ
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to make recommendations on how to regulate the use of popular cannabis compound CBD in food and supplements, the Wall Street Journal...
Dec 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
IRS delays $600 income reporting rule for U.S. gig workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Friday it would delay a new rule requiring more extensive reporting by gig workers and others who are paid through third party apps, af...
Dec 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is seen in Washington, U.S. September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott
Double-digit U.S. home price growth streak skids to an end
(Reuters) - Annual price growth in the increasingly fragile U.S. housing market slid into the single digits in October for the first time in about two years when mortgage rates that month surged above...
Dec 27, 2022 A "For Sale" sign is posted outside a residential home in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, U.S. May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Karen Ducey/File Photo
Warmer weather on the way for western New York after deadly blizzard
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) - Thousands of western New Yorkers were digging out from under four feet of snow (1.2 meters) dumped during a deadly Christmas blizzard, even as the National Weather Service pr...
Dec 27, 2022 An aerial view of buildings during a blizzard in Buffalo, New York, U.S. December 26, 2022, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Mostofa Ahsan/via REUTERS
Ringleader in Michigan governor kidnapping plot sentenced to 16 years
(Reuters) - The leader of a foiled plot by members of right-wing militia groups to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Tuesday in a U.S. District Court, pr...
Dec 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer sits in a 2019 Chevrolet Traverse, assembled in Lansing, Michigan, at the General Motors display area during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., January 15, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Fighting rages in east Ukraine as Russia reaffirms demands for ending war
KYIV/BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian forces shelled and bombed towns and cities in eastern and southern Ukraine on Tuesday, a day after Russia's foreign minister said Kyiv must accept Moscow's dem...
Dec 27, 2022 Ukrainian soldiers with the 43rd Heavy Artillery Brigade fire a projectile from a 2S7 Pion self propelled cannon, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, during intense shelling on the front line in Bakhmut, Ukraine, December 26, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
U.S. retail sales grows 7.6% in holiday season -Mastercard data
(Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rose 7.6% between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24, which encompasses a majority of the holiday season, as steep discounts lured deal-hungry consumers, a Mastercard report showed on Mo...
Dec 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People shop on Christmas Eve in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Taiwan reports China's largest incursion yet to air defense zone
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Seventy-one Chinese air force aircraft including fighter jets and drones entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone in the past 24 hours, the island's government said on Monda...
Dec 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Chinese and Taiwanese flags are seen in this illustration, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
White House assails Texas Governor Abbott over Christmas Eve migrant drop
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Monday accused Texas Governor Greg Abbott of endangering lives after busloads of migrants from the southwest border in Texas were dropped near Vice President K...
Dec 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A migrant girl holds a Christmas present, as she queues with her family near the border wall to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico December 25, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
