Category Archives: National
U.S. Congress votes to expand Supreme Court security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives gave final congressional approval on Tuesday to a bill to bolster Supreme Court security in light of threats made against justices ahead of thei...
Jun 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
U.S. Senate Republican leader backs gun violence bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he was "comfortable" with the framework of a bipartisan gun violence bill unveiled earlier this week and would vote ...
Jun 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds a placard while taking part in the 'March for Our Lives', one of a series of nationwide protests against gun violence, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Two police officers and a suspect dead after California shooting
(Reuters) - A shooting in the southern California city of El Monte left two police officers and a suspect dead, authorities said late on Tuesday, adding that the officers were shot in the line of duty...
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Ukraine's besieged farmers fear war-time harvest 'hell'
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - As 10-metre high mounds of sunflower meal smoulder among the blackened ruins of one of Ukraine's top agricultural terminals, farmers in this front-line region are scrambl...
Jun 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Wheat farmers talk to Reuters in a wheat farm outside Bashtanka, Mykolaiv region, as Russia's attacks on Ukraine continue, Ukraine June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su
U.S. congressional panel probing Jan. 6 Capitol attack postpones hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on U.S. Capitol said on Tuesday it has postponed a hearing scheduled for Wednesday but will ...
Jun 14, 2022 Former Fox News politics editor Chris Stirewalt is sworn in as Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., watch from the dais as the House select committee tasked with investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol hold a hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S. June 13, 2022. Jabin Botsford/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. producer prices increase strongly in May
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices increased solidly in May amid a surge in the cost of energy products, suggesting inflation could remain elevated for a while. The producer price index for f...
Jun 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A customer shops at a deli in Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
Takeaways from second day of Trump Jan. 6 hearings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top advisers to then-President Donald Trump told him that his claims of widespread election fraud were unfounded and would not reverse his election loss, but he refused to liste...
Jun 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Chairman U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Vice Chair U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY), U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), U.S. Representative Elaine Luria (D-VA), U.S. Representative Pete Aguilar (D-CA) and U.S. Representative Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) participate in the public hearing 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 9, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Yellowstone closed for first time in 34 years amid flooding, mudslides
CODY, Wyo. (Reuters) -Record flooding and rockslides unleashed by an unprecedented burst of heavy rains prompted the rare closure on Monday of all five entrances to Yellowstone National Park at the st...
Jun 14, 2022 High water levels in the Gardner River erode Yellowstone National Park's North Entrance Road, where the park was closed due to heavy flooding, rockslides, extremely hazardous conditions near Gardiner, Montana, U.S. June 13, 2022. National Park Service/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. attorney general calls Senate gun legislation 'meaningful progress'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday endorsed a bipartisan Senate gun-safety proposal as "meaningful progress" as he announced new gun-trafficking charges in an effor...
Jun 13, 2022 United States Attorney General Merrick Garland is joined by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad Meacham and Jeff Boshek, Special Agent in Charge of the ATF’s Dallas Field Division, during a press conference announcing a significant firearms trafficking enforcement action and ongoing efforts to protect communities from violent crime and gun violence at the Department of Justice in Washington, U.S., June 13, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Trump advisers say they told him election fraud claims were illegitimate
WASHINGTON(Reuters) -Top advisers to then-President Trump told him that his claims of widespread election fraud were not legitimate and would not reverse his election loss, according to video testimon...
Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks 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/File Photo
