Category Archives: National

U.S. health dept says doctors must offer abortion if mother's life is at risk
UPDATED 5:43 P.M. (Reuters) -The Biden administration said on Monday healthcare providers must offer abortion services if the life of a mother is at risk and that procedures conducted under such circu...
Will Stevenson Jul 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An abortion rights activist blows a party horn at anti-abortion protesters outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization, on the final day when abortions are carried out, before the clinic permanently closes, in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Liliana Salgado

Biden calls for assault weapons ban at gun safety event
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden, marking the first major federal gun safety bill passed in three decades, said the United States is "awash in weapons of war" on Monday and renewed his call ...
Cooper Banks Jul 11, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks after a roundtable discussion with advisors on steps to curtail U.S. gun violence, at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Files

Exclusive: U.S. weighs possible resumption of offensive arms sales to Saudis - sources
WASHINGTON/RIYADH (Reuters) - The Biden administration is discussing the possible lifting of its ban on U.S. sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, but any final decision is expected to hinge on ...
Julia Bradley Jul 11, 2022 United States' and Saudi Arabia's flags are seen on Mecca Road as part of celebrations to welcome United States President Donald Trump, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser/Files

Senate majority leader Schumer tests positive for COVID-19
(Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the most senior Democrat in the chamber, has tested positive for the coronavirus and has very mild symptoms, a spokesperson said on Sunday. "The ...
Julia Bradley Jul 11, 2022 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) walks to his office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert

Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon offers to testify in U.S. probe of Jan. 6 riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's former close adviser Steve Bannon has told the congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that he is ready to testify, a change...
Julia Bradley Jul 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A video of Steve Bannon, talk show host and former White House advisor to former President Donald Trump, is seen displayed on a screen, during the third of eight planned public hearings of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo

Biden weighs authority to declare abortion-related public health emergency after Roe v. Wade overturned
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said he has asked his administration to consider whether he has authority to declare an abortion-related public health emergency after the Supreme Court o...
Julia Bradley Jul 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order to help safeguard women's access to abortion and contraception after the Supreme Court last month overturned Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion, at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Police called to Highland Park shooting suspect's family home many times over years
(Reuters) - Authorities were called to the home of the Highland Park shooting suspect's parents numerous times between 2010 and 2014, according to police records released on Friday as funerals took pl...
Will Stevenson Jul 09, 2022 A candle with the Star of David adorns a memorial for victims of a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Cheney Orr

Abe's body returns to his Tokyo home as Japan mourns slain ex-PM
NARA/TOKYO (Reuters) -A motorcade carrying the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived at his home in the Japanese capital on Saturday, as police in the western city of Nara where he was assa...
Will Stevenson Jul 09, 2022 LDP officials pray to the vehicle believed to be carrying the body of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, at his residence in Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2022. REUTERS/ Kim Kyung-Hoon

Twitter workers brace for more 'circus' after Elon Musk torpedoes deal
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc employees expressed disbelief and exhaustion on Friday after billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said he was terminating a deal to buy the social media company in what could be ...
Will Stevenson Jul 09, 2022 Elon Musk's twitter account is seen on a smartphone in front of the Twitter logo in this photo illustration taken, April 15, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Blinken raises concerns with China's Wang Yi over Russia alignment
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday he had discussed Russian aggression in Ukraine during more than five hours of talks with Chinese Foreign Minister...
Will Stevenson Jul 09, 2022 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia July 9, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS


