Category Archives: National
'Kill them': Arizona election workers face midterm threats
(Reuters) - Election workers in Arizona's most fiercely contested county faced more than 100 violent threats and intimidating communications in the run-up to Tuesday's midterms, most of them based on ...
Nov 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Eliza Luna, a ballot designer with the Maricopa County Elections Department, counts ballots for the Arizona Presidential Preference Election at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo
North Korea fires 4 ballistic missiles as U.S., Seoul end drills
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the western sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, as Seoul and Washington ended a high-profile six-day military exe...
Nov 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo
Twitter lays off staff as Musk blames activists for 'massive' ad revenue drop
(Reuters) -Twitter Inc laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were smaller in the team responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation, as advertisers pulled spending amid concern...
Nov 05, 2022 Owner and CEO of Twitter, Inc. Elon Musk arrives at the 29th Annual Baron Investment Conference in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., November 4, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
U.S. Supreme Court's Barrett again declines to block Biden student debt relief
(Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Friday again declined to block President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt, this time in a challenge brought by ...
Nov 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies during the third day of her Senate confirmation hearing to the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., October 14, 2020. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS
Trump ally Barrack acquitted of acting as UAE foreign agent
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Tom Barrack, a onetime private equity executive and fundraiser for former President Donald Trump, was found not guilty by a jury on Friday of unlawfully acting as an agent of the U...
Nov 04, 2022 Thomas Barrack, a billionaire friend of Donald Trump who chaired the former president's inaugural fund exits following a not guilty verdict at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., November 4, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
U.S. job growth beats expectations in October; unemployment rate rises to 3.7%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers hired more workers than expected in October, but a rise in the unemployment rate to 3.7% suggested some loosening in labor market conditions, which would allow th...
Nov 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A "now hiring" sign is displayed outside Taylor Party and Equipment Rentals in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Twitter lays off staff as Musk blames activists for 'massive' ad revenue drop
UPDATED 4:18 P.M. (Reuters) -Twitter Inc started a major round of layoffs on Friday, alerting employees of their job status by email after barring the entrances to offices and cutting off workers' acc...
Nov 04, 2022 Twitter app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Trump considering launching fresh White House bid after midterm elections-advisers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump is considering launching a third bid for the White House this month, three Trump advisers said on Thursday, while Trump himself teased a strong poss...
Nov 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Robstown, Texas, U.S., October 22, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband released from hospital after hammer attack
UPDATED 5:44 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband has been released from the San Francisco hospital where he underwent surgery for injuries suffered when attacked by a ...
Nov 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, poses for photographers as they arrive for the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors gala dinner at the U.S. State Department, in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Theiler/File Photo
Biden promotes student loan forgiveness as midterms close in
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to the western United States on Thursday as part of his final major campaign swing ahead of midterm elections that the White House seeks t...
Nov 03, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One upon departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., to campaign in New Mexico and California, November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
