Category Archives: National
Abortion bill fails in U.S. Senate as Supreme Court weighs overturning Roe v. Wade
UPDATED 6:11 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Legislation to make abortion legal throughout the United States was defeated in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, amid solid Republican opposition. Democrats had so...
May 11, 2022 U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) participates in a march of Democratic women members of the U.S. House of Representatives gathering outside of the U.S. Senate chamber to protest and advocate for abortion rights as U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) works his way through the crowd behind her to the chamber for the vote on a bill attempting to codify the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision at the Capitol in Washington, U.S. May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson
U.S. consumer prices slow in April; inflation still high
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer price growth slowed sharply in April as gasoline prices eased off record highs, suggesting that inflation has probably peaked, though it is likely to stay hot for ...
May 11, 2022 People carrying shopping bags walk inside the King of Prussia shopping mall, as shoppers show up early for the Black Friday sales, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S. November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski
Trump-backed candidates lose in Nebraska, win in West Virginia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's favored candidate fell short in Nebraska's Republican primary election for governor on Tuesday, but the former president's pick prevailed in a congressional primar...
May 11, 2022 A view shows the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Biden visits Illinois farm to highlight Russia-driven food inflation
UPDATED 6:04 p.m. CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday blamed Russia's war on Ukraine for the latest spike in global food prices and visited a family farm in Illinois where he pled...
May 11, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden visits a family farm in Kankakee, Illinois, U.S., May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Biden says Fed targeting inflation, China tariffs could fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden, under pressure to tame high inflation, told Americans on Tuesday that he understands what they are grappling with and that he and the U.S. Federal Reser...
May 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to deliver remarks on expanding high-speed internet access, during a Rose Garden event at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Ukraine death toll 'thousands higher' than reported - U.N. rights official
GENEVA (Reuters) -Thousands more civilians have been killed in Ukraine during nearly 11 weeks of war there than the official U.N. death toll of 3,381, the head of the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Miss...
May 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A view shows graves of civilians killed during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo
Alabama jail escapee taken into custody, alleged accomplice dies
UPDATED 9:02 p.m. (Reuters) -An escaped murder suspect and the female corrections officer who allegedly helped him break out of an Alabama jail were taken into custody on Monday in Indiana and the off...
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U.S. Congress plans nearly $40 billion more for Ukraine, COVID aid to wait
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. congressional Democrats agreed to rush $39.8 billion in additional aid for Ukraine, two sources familiar with the proposal said on Monday, easing fears a delayed vote could ...
May 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A bird flies by the United States Capitol building in Washington, U.S., March 17, 2022. REUTERS/Emily Elconin
Putin announces no new escalation on long awaited Victory Day
KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Vladimir Putin exhorted Russians to battle in a defiant Victory Day speech on Monday, but was silent about plans for any escalation in Ukraine, despite Western warnings he mig...
May 09, 2022 Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the Russian Land Forces Oleg Salyukov drive Aurus cabriolets during a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
Wisconsin anti-abortion center targeted by arson, police say
(Reuters) - The office of a conservative Wisconsin anti-abortion group was set on fire on Sunday, police said, days after it emerged that the Supreme Court is poised to reverse a landmark decision ens...
May 09, 2022 A threat is spray painted on the building wall near Wisconsin Family Action's offices in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. May 8, 2022. Molly Beck/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
