Category Archives: National
Biden signs bill to block U.S. railroad strike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden signed legislation Friday to block a national U.S. railroad strike that could have devastated the American economy. The U.S. Senate voted 80 to 15 on Thursda...
Dec 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A railway worker drives a train engine while loading railcars in San Diego, California, U.S., November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake
U.S. job growth strong in November; wages rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers hired more workers than expected in November and increased wages despite mounting worries of a recession, but that will probably not stop the Federal Reserve from...
Dec 02, 2022 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
Some U.S. air marshals plan to refuse deployment to U.S.-Mexico border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a dozen U.S. air marshals plan to refuse deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a group representing them, a sign of challenges facing U.S. President Joe B...
Dec 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Asylum-seeking migrants walk out of the Rio Bravo river after crossing it to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Biden, Macron vow unity on Ukraine and move to end subsidy tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Joe Biden on Thursday used the first state visit of his presidency to demonstrate unity with France's Emmanuel Macron on Ukraine, show willingness to speak to Russia's Vladimir P...
Dec 02, 2022 President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron walk down the Colonnade to the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. appeals court rules against Trump in documents fight, ends special master appointment
UPDATED 5:21 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Thursday dealt a blow to Donald Trump, reversing a judge's appointment of an independent arbiter to vet documents seized by the FBI from...
Dec 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A redacted FBI photograph of documents and classified cover sheets recovered from a container stored in former U.S. president Donald Trump's Florida estate, and which was included in a U.S. Department of Justice filing and released August 30, 2022. U.S. Department of Justice/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Biden's bid to reinstate student debt plan
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear President Joe Biden's bid to reinstate his plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt after it was blocked by a lower court in a ch...
Dec 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court building on the first day of the court's new term in Washington, U.S. October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Biden welcomes 'unwavering partner' Macron at White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron to the White House on Thursday to celebrate more than 200 years of U.S.-French relations and a renewed allianc...
Dec 01, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden greets French President Emmanuel Macron during an official State Arrival Ceremony for French President Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
U.S. House panel gets access to Trump's tax returns after long legal battle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee has obtained access to Donald Trump's tax returns, following a years-long court fight with the Republican former president who has accu...
Dec 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he announces that he will once again run for U.S. president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
U.S. appeals court rejects Biden's bid to revive student debt plan
(Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to put on hold a Texas judge's ruling that said President Joe Biden's plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt was u...
Dec 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A graduating student records the academic procession during the Commencement ceremony at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie dies
UPDATED 2:39 P.M. LONDON (Reuters) -Singer-songwriter Christine McVie, a member of British-American band Fleetwood Mac, died on Wednesday aged 79, her family said in a statement posted on her official...
Nov 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Honoree Christine McVie of the group Fleetwood Mac performs during the 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year show honoring Fleetwood Mac at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, New York, U.S., January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
