Category Archives: National
Lawmakers grill U.S. FDA on response to Abbott baby formula safety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Lawmakers grilled U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials on Wednesday over what they saw as a lack of urgency in the agency's response to complaints about possible baby form...
May 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Empty shelves show a shortage of baby formula at a CVS store in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. May 10, 2022. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal/File Photo
Beto O'Rourke heckles Texas leaders at shooting news conference
NOTE: This story contains an expletive. (Reuters) - Former U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke stood up and interrupted a news conference on Wednesday by Texas officials following the latest mass shooti...
May 25, 2022 Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke disrupts a press conference held by Governor Greg Abbott the day after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Veronica G. Cardenas
UPDATE: Gunman kills 19 children, 2 teachers at Texas elementary school
UPDATE: 10:39 a.m. UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) -The 19 children and two teachers massacred at a South Texas elementary school were in a single fourth-grade classroom where the gunman barricaded himself, a...
May 25, 2022 People react outside the Ssgt Willie de Leon Civic Center, where students had been transported from Robb Elementary School after a shooting, in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Trump rebuked in Georgia as Republicans reject his hand-picked midterm challengers
ATLANTA (Reuters) -Georgia Republicans on Tuesday dealt Donald Trump his biggest defeat in his bid to play kingmaker in this year's U.S. midterm elections, choosing Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary o...
May 25, 2022 Governor Brian Kemp speaks after winning the Republican primary during his primary election watch party in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers
'We have to act,' Biden says after Texas massacre, offers no specifics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden asked Americans to stand up to the gun lobby and pressure members of Congress to pass sensible gun laws after the killing of at least 18 children and an ...
May 24, 2022 U.S. first lady Jill Biden looks on as U.S. President Joe Biden makes a statement about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas shortly after the president returned to Washington from his trip to South Korea and Japan, at the White House in Washington, U.S. May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Hyundai to recall 281,000 U.S. vehicles over exploding part
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hyundai Motor America will recall 281,000 vehicles in North America over seat-belt pretensioners that could explode and project metal fragments, causing injuries. The recall, whi...
May 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The logo of Hyundai Motor Co. is seen on a wheel of a car at a Hyundai dealership in Seoul January 22, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Aerosmith cancels summer Vegas shows after singer Tyler enters rehab
(Reuters) - Rock band Aerosmith canceled the first two months of shows scheduled for its Las Vegas residency after lead singer Steven Tyler suffered a relapse in his sobriety and entered treatment, th...
May 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: 62nd Grammy Awards - Show - Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 26, 2020 - Steven Tyler of Aerosmith performs. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Ford to pay U.S. states $19.2 million over false advertising claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ford Motor Co will pay $19.2 million to resolve allegations it falsely advertised real-world fuel economy and payload capacity for some hybrids and pickup trucks, the Iowa Attorn...
May 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ford logo is pictured at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
Biden says no change on 'strategic ambiguity' as Taiwan overshadows Quad talks
TOKYO (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Tuesday there was no change to a U.S. policy of "strategic ambiguity" on Taiwan, a day after he angered China by saying he would be willing to use force t...
May 24, 2022 Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, pose for photos at the entrance hall of the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2022. Zhang Xiaoyu/Pool via REUTERS
Backing Trump foe, Pence asks Republicans to focus on the future
KENNESAW, Ga. (Reuters) - Former Vice President Mike Pence campaigned for one of his ex-boss' nemeses on Monday night in the Republican primary for governor of Georgia, urging voters not to dwell on t...
May 24, 2022 Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence attends a rally for Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, ahead of the state's Republican primary, in Kennesaw, Georgia, U.S. May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
