Category Archives: National
U.S. budget deficit halves to $1.375 trln despite $430 billion in student loan costs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday reported that its fiscal 2022 budget deficit plunged by half from a year earlier to $1.375 trillion, due to fading COVID-19 relief spending and rec...
Oct 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An American flag flies outside of the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Trump summoned to testify to U.S. Jan 6 riot panel, provide documents
UPDATED 2:03 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump was issued an order on Friday to testify under oath and provide documents to the House of Representatives committee investigating ...
Oct 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Police clear the U.S. Capitol Building with tear gas as supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather outside, in Washington, U.S. January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo
Trump ex-adviser Bannon sentenced to four months for contempt of Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Steve Bannon, a one-time adviser to former President Donald Trump, was sentenced by a judge on Friday to four months in prison for refusing to cooperate with lawmakers investigat...
Oct 21, 2022 Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist under former President Donald Trump, arrives at U.S. District Court on the day of his sentencing on contempt of Congress charges after refusing a subpoena from the January 6th committee, in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Analysis-U.S. Republicans aim at Ukraine aid but unlikely to block it
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans will have the power to block aid to Ukraine if they win back control of Congress, but they are more likely to slow or pare back the flow of defense and economic...
Oct 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a shop damaged by an explosion, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine October 20, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
Iranian trainers on the ground help Russia with Ukraine drone attacks, U.S. says
KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has said Iranian military trainers were in Crimea helping Russian forces operate Iranian-made drones to attack targets in Ukraine, adding an alarming stran...
Oct 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A view of a drone during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on August 24, 2022. Iranian Army/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. Supreme Court's Barrett declines to block Biden student loan relief
(Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday declined to block President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt in a challenge to the policy's legality b...
Oct 20, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about the student loan forgiveness program from an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Walmart to pay $215 million to settle Florida opioid claims
(Reuters) -Walmart Inc has agreed to pay $215 million to resolve claims its pharmacies fueled an epidemic of opioid addiction in Florida, the state's attorney general announced on Thursday. As part of...
Oct 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The exterior of a Walmart department store is pictured in West Haven, Connecticut, U.S., February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Kevin Spacey wins in civil sexual-abuse case brought by actor Rapp
(Reuters) - Kevin Spacey on Thursday defeated a sexual abuse claim against him after jurors in Manhattan civil trial found his accuser didn't prove his claim that the Oscar winner made an unwanted sex...
Oct 20, 2022 Kevin Spacey is cross examined by Richard Steigman during Anthony Rapp's civil sex abuse case against Spacey in this courtroom sketch from the trial in New York, U.S., October 18, 2022 as U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan presides. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
U.S. CDC advisers approve adding COVID shots to vaccine schedules
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee on vaccines on Thursday approved adding COVID-19 vaccines to the agency's recommended immunization schedules fo...
Oct 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/
U.S. existing home sales slide again in September; jobless claims fall
(Reuters) -Sales of existing U.S. homes slid for an eighth straight month in September and will likely fall further in the months ahead as the housing market continues to stand out as the economic sec...
Oct 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A "For Rent, For Sale" sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
