Category Archives: National
Longtime Trump executive Weisselberg pleads guilty in tax fraud scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A longtime senior executive at Donald Trump's family business pleaded guilty on Thursday to helping it engineer a 15-year tax fraud, in an agreement that will require him to testif...
Aug 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Allen Howard Weisselberg, Trump Organization former CFO, departs criminal court after a hearing for his tax evasion case in New York City, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
U.S. weekly jobless claims dip as labor market remains resilient
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week and data for the prior period was revised sharply down, suggesting labor market conditions rema...
Aug 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A job seeker leaves the job fair for airport related employment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
FBI's sealed evidence that led to search of Trump's home focus of court hearing
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - Sealed records containing evidence the U.S. Justice Department presented to secure court approval to search Donald Trump's Florida home will be at the heart of a hear...
Aug 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump departs Trump Tower two days after FBI agents searched his Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach home, in New York City, New york, U.S., August 10, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
Giuliani testifies in Georgia criminal probe into 2020 U.S. election
ATLANTA (Reuters) -Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's onetime personal lawyer, testified before a special grand jury in Atlanta on Wednesday in a Georgia criminal probe examining attempts by the former U.S...
Aug 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is seen in a vehicle outside his apartment building after his law license was suspended in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., June 24, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Pence says he would consider testifying to Jan. 6 Capitol riot panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday he would consider testifying before the House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the ...
Aug 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former Vice President Mike Pence is displayed on a screen during a hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., US, on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Tom Brenner/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
U.S. retail sales flat on gasoline price drop; consumer spending resilient
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales were unexpectedly unchanged in July as falling gasoline prices weighed on receipts at service stations, but consumer spending appeared to pick up at the start ...
Aug 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People shop for clothes at a Target retail chain in Westbury, New York, U.S., May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Liz Cheney accuses Trump of 'insidious lie' about FBI search of his home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Liz Cheney broadened her attack on Donald Trump after losing her Tuesday night primary, saying the former president was spreading an "insidious lie" in alleging that ...
Aug 17, 2022 Republican candidate U.S. Representative Liz Cheney speaks during her primary election night party in Jackson, Wyoming, U.S. August 16, 2022. REUTERS/David Stubbs
Biden signs $430 billion climate, healthcare and tax bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a $430 billion bill that is seen as the biggest climate package in U.S. history, designed to cut domestic greenhouse gas emissions ...
Aug 16, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden holds out his pen to U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) look on after Biden signed "The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" into law during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. August 16, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
First Lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Jill Biden has testified positive for COVID-19, her communications director Elizabeth Alexander said on Tuesday. After testing negative for COVID-19 on Monday du...
Aug 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO - U.S. first lady Jill Biden leaves the Church of the Society of Jesus in Quito, Ecuador, May 20, 2022. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. carries out ICBM test delayed during Chinese show-of-force over Taiwan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States military said on Tuesday that it had carried out a test of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, delayed to avoid escalating tensions with Beijing...
Aug 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., August 2, 2017. U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Ian Dudley/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
