Category Archives: National
Prosecutors urge jurors to convict Trump ex-adviser Bannon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The prosecution asked jurors on Friday to convict Steve Bannon of contempt of Congress for rebuffing a subpoena from the panel investigating last year's attack on the U.S. Capito...
Jul 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Steve Bannon, talk show host and former White House adviser to former President Donald Trump, arrives to U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Even after Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Trump refused to admit election was over
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump refused to admit in a speech the day after the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol that the 2020 election was over and that he had lost, according to new video shown...
Jul 21, 2022 Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a rally to boost Ohio Republican candidates ahead of their May 3 primary election, at the county fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio, U.S. April 23, 2022. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse
Polio case found in New York City suburb, first in decades
(Reuters) -A case of polio has been identified outside New York City and confirmed by federal health officials, the New York State Health Department said on Thursday in what would be the nation's firs...
Jul 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell
One of two people wanted in shoot-out arrested
PEORIA, Ill. - A person allegedly involved in a suspected shoot-out Wednesday night has been arrested. Peoria Police say the arrest happened after officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert near Marque...
Jul 21, 2022 Midwest Communications
Trump ex-adviser Bannon rests case in trial, calling no witnesses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The defense in Steve Bannon's trial rested its case on Thursday without calling any witnesses and asked the judge to acquit Donald Trump's noted former presidential adviser on co...
Jul 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon speaks after the opening day of his trial on contempt of Congress charges stemming from his refusal to cooperate with the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., July 18, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Biden tests positive for COVID, has mild symptoms, taking Paxlovid treatment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States, has tested positive for COVID-19, is experiencing mild symptoms and will continue working but in is...
Jul 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on climate change and renewable energy at the site of the former Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts, U.S. July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. weekly jobless claims hit fresh 8-month high
(Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose for a third straight week last week to the highest in eight months, suggesting some cooling in the labor market ami...
Jul 21, 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
U.S. Capitol probe's 'season finale' to focus on Trump supporters' three-hour rage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. congressional probe of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters wraps up its summer hearings on Thursday with a prime-time presentation focused on th...
Jul 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Stephen Ayres and and Jason Van Tatenhove are sworn in during a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/Pool/File Photo
U.S. Secret Service turns over records to Jan. 6 committee, panel wants more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Secret Service has turned over a text message conversation from Jan. 6, 2021, to the congressional committee probing the Capitol attack and said it was trying to find ou...
Jul 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An image of an email from the U.S. Secret Service intelligence division reporting that people in the crowd on January 6, 2021 were armed with weapons is displayed above the committee during a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Biden stops short of declaring climate emergency, takes steps on wind power
SOMERSET, Mass./WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that climate change is an emergency but stopped short of a formal declaration, announcing a modest package of executive...
Jul 20, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on climate change and renewable energy at the site of the former Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts, U.S. July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
