Category Archives: National
U.S. weekly jobless claims at 3-month high; core capital goods orders rebound
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased to a three-month high last week amid rising layoffs in the technology sector, but that likely does n...
Nov 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
Top House Republican McCarthy threatens impeachment of Homeland Security chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, on Tuesday called on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to step down, warning that the House...
Nov 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) arrives as House Republicans gather for leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
U.S. to extend student-loan payment pause up to June 30, Biden says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will extend a pandemic-era pause in student loan repayments to no later than June 30, 2023, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday. The Biden administration on Fri...
Nov 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One to depart Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, U.S. November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. Supreme Court clears way for lawmakers to get Trump's tax returns
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the release of Donald Trump's tax returns to a congressional committee, handing a defeat to the Republican former president who had called the Dem...
Nov 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump approaches the podium to announce 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
Fauci pleads with Americans to get COVID shot in final White House briefing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. health official celebrated and vilified as the face of the country's COVID-19 pandemic response, used his final White House briefing on Tuesday to den...
Nov 22, 2022 NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci joins White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Republican states seek to preserve Trump-era U.S. border curbs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition of states with Republican attorneys general took legal steps on Monday to retain pandemic border curbs recently ruled unlawful by a U.S. judge, aiming to preserve a ...
Nov 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures next to a U.S. flag while campaigning for Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler on the eve of the run-off election to decide both of Georgia's Senate seats, in Dalton, Georgia, U.S., January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Soccer-Saudi Arabia scores huge upset over Argentina at World Cup
DOHA (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia scored a shock upset against Argentina in the World Cup on Tuesday with a 2-1 victory over Lionel Messi's side which sent pride across the Arab World. On his fifth and fin...
Nov 22, 2022 Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Group C - Argentina v Saudi Arabia - Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar - November 22, 2022 Saudi Arabia's Salem Al-Dawsari scores their second goal REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Decorated U.S. Army veteran one of two men who took down Colorado shooter
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) -A decorated Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who had taken his family to support a drag show performer who was one of his daughter's friends said his U.S. Army training ...
Nov 22, 2022 Flowers, stuffed animals, candles and cards are placed at a memorial for the victims of a mass shooting at LGBTQ nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Alyson McClaran
Colorado Springs identifies victims and heroes in LGBTQ nightclub shooting
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - Colorado Springs officials on Monday identified the five shooting victims who died and the two heroes who helped subdue the shooter who opened fire in an LGBTQ nigh...
Nov 21, 2022 An aerial view shows vehicles parked at the scene, after a mass shooting, at the Club Q gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S., November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Drone Base
Soccer-Wales snatch draw with U.S. thanks to late Bale penalty
AL RAYYAN, Qatar (Reuters) - Wales' all-time top scorer and talisman Gareth Bale scored a late penalty as the Welsh rallied in the second half to secure a 1-1 draw with the United States in an enthral...
Nov 21, 2022 Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Group B - United States v Wales - Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar - November 21, 2022 Wales' Gareth Bale is fouled by Kellyn Acosta of the U.S. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
