Category Archives: National
U.S. consumer spending edges up in July; monthly inflation slows considerably
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending barely rose in July as a drop in gasoline prices weighed on receipts at service stations, but monthly inflation slowed down considerably, which could give...
Aug 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman shops for groceries at El Progreso Market in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S., August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
Georgia prosecutor seeks testimony from ex-Trump aides in election probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Georgia prosecutor investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election is seeking to compel testimony from his former chief of...
Aug 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago
U.S. judge tells Justice Dept. to release redacted Trump search affidavit
UPDATED 3:12 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge in Florida on Thursday ordered the U.S. Justice Department to publicly release a redacted version of its affidavit that underpinned the FBI's Au...
Aug 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents searched it, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 15, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Russia confirms Independence Day strike, Kyiv says it killed 25 civilians
KYIV (Reuters) - Russia's Defense Ministry said on Thursday its forces had struck a railway station in eastern Ukraine, confirming an attack which Kyiv says also hit a residential area and killed 25 c...
Aug 25, 2022 People stand next to a residential house destroyed by a Russian military strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dmytro Smolienko
Uvalde school board fires police chief criticized for shooting response
LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) -The Uvalde, Texas, school board on Wednesday fired the school district's embattled police chief for his much-criticized handling of the response to a shooting rampage that ki...
Aug 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Privacy barriers and bike racks maintain a perimeter at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School, after a video was released showing the May shooting inside the school in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal
Biden announces student loan debt relief plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the U.S. government will forgive $10,000 in student loans for many debt-saddled college-goers, a move that could boost support for his ...
Aug 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO - A graduating student waits for the start of the Commencement ceremony at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Agency identified 700-plus pages of classified records at Trump's home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Archives discovered more than 700 pages of classified documents at Donald Trump's Florida home in addition to material seized this month by FBI agents, accordi...
Aug 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents raided it, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 15, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Moderna seeks FDA nod for booster shot aimed at Omicron BA.4, BA.5
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc on Tuesday sought U.S. authorization for its COVID-19 booster shot tailored against the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron and said if cleared it would be ready to deliver th...
Aug 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A vial and a syringe are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo, in this illustration taken, November 27, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Justice Department opens investigation into violent arrest in Arkansas
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the conduct of three Arkansas law enforcement officers caught in an online video over the weekend punching and ki...
Aug 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A view shows Kountry Xpress the site where three Arkansas law enforcement appeared in video circulated widely online over the weekend showing them punching and kicking a suspect while he was on the ground outside a convenience store, in Mulberry, Arkansas, U.S., August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Michael Noble Jr.
Former Louisville officer pleads guilty to Breonna Taylor cover-up - New York Times
(Reuters) -A former Louisville detective pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to helping falsify a search warrant that led to the killing of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose death fueled a wa...
Aug 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO - Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, stands next to a painting of her daughter at a gathering to mark two years since police officers shot and killed Breonna Taylor when they entered her home, at Jefferson Square Park in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., March 13, 2022. REUTERS/Jon Cherry
