Category Archives: National
Trump was told Pence could not overturn election but still pressured him, panel hears
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump pressured his vice president, Mike Pence, to overturn his 2020 election defeat despite being told repeatedly Pence had no authority to do so, aides...
Jun 16, 2022 Michael Luttig, advisor to former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and a former U.S. federal judge, testifies 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
U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 panel examines Trump's pressure on Pence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The congressional committee investigating last year's deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol turned its attention on Thursday to then-President Donald Trump's attempts to pressure fo...
Jun 16, 2022 Michael Luttig, advisor to former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and a former U.S. federal judge and Greg Jacob, former counsel to Pence, are sworn in to testify 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
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall less than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell less than expected last week, hinting at some cooling in the labor market, though conditions remain tigh...
Jun 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A "Now hiring" sign is displayed on the window of an IN-N-OUT fast food restaurant in Encinitas, California, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Buffalo shooting suspect to appear in federal court
(Reuters) - An avowed white supremacist accused of killing 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, last month was scheduled on Thursday to appear in federal court where he faces 26 counts of hate crimes...
Jun 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Buffalo shooting suspect, Payton S. Gendron, appears in court accused of killing 10 people in a live-streamed supermarket shooting in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, U.S., May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
U.S. President Reagan's shooter John Hinckley fully released after 41 years
(Reuters) - John Hinckley, who wounded then U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three others in a 1981 assassination attempt, was released without conditions on Wednesday in compliance with a federal jud...
Jun 15, 2022 John Hinckley Jr. arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. November 19, 2003. REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/File Photo
Fauci, face of U.S. battle against COVID-19, tests positive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, a public health official who became the face of U.S. government efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the Na...
Jun 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci wears his mask as he testifies during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2023 for the National Institutes of Health on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 17, 2022. Shawn Thew/Pool via REUTERS
Fed hikes rates by 0.75 percentage point, flags slowing economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday to stem a disruptive surge in inflation, and projected a slowing economy...
Jun 15, 2022 The exterior of the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Biden announces new $1 billion in weapons for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a fresh infusion of $1 billion in weapons for Ukraine that sources familiar with the package said included anti-ship rocket systems, ar...
Jun 15, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden returns to the White House in Washington, U.S. June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Hate-crime charges for Buffalo shooting suspect outline chilling details
UPDATED 4:12 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed federal hate crime charges against a white supremacist accused of killing 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, l...
Jun 15, 2022 Buffalo shooting suspect, Payton S. Gendron, appears in court accused of killing 10 people in a live-streamed supermarket shooting in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, U.S., May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
U.S. FDA advisers overwhelmingly back Moderna COVID vaccine for ages 6-17
(Reuters) -Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday unanimously recommended that the agency authorize Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for children and teens aged 6 to 17 years of ag...
Jun 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist holds a vial of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in West Haven, Connecticut, U.S., February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar
