Category Archives: National
Vice President Harris tests negative for Covid-19, will return to in-person work Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will return to in-person work after testing negative for COVID-19 on Monday, according to her spokesperson. Harris, who wields a tie-breaking vo...
May 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris looks on as she attends a speed pitch with entrepreneurs who have a social impact focus, in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S., May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
U.S. judge rejects RNC request to shelve subpoena against email vendor
(Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge dismissed a request by the Republican National Committee to block a subpoena asking its email vendor to release records to the congressional panel investigating the Jan...
May 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A mob of supporters of then-U.S. President Donald Trump climb through a window they broke as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Ukraine evacuees head to safety after ordeal in Mariupol steel works
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) - The first evacuees from the ruins of Mariupol's Azovstal steel works were expected to reach the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday after cowerin...
May 02, 2022 A bus convoy carrying civilians from Mariupol, including evacuees from Azovstal steel plant, is seen on a road on the way to Zaporizhzhia, during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the Donetsk Region, Ukraine May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Biden praises reporters in Ukraine as White House press dinner resumes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden praised journalists covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine as he resumed a Washington tradition of speaking at the White House Correspondents Associati...
May 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Joe Biden meets with small business owners to discuss the small businesses boom in the South Court Auditorium at the White House Complex in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
U.S. Speaker Pelosi visits Kyiv, Russia says it hit foreign weapons
KYIV (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv to vow continued support for Ukraine's fight against Russia, as Moscow said it ha...
May 01, 2022 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy awards U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) the 'Order of Princess Olga' medal after their meeting, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 30, 2022. Picture taken April 30, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Civilians evacuated from Azovstal plant - Reuters photographer
BEZIMENNE, Ukraine (Reuters) -A group of 40 civilians was evacuated on Sunday from Mariupol's Azovstal steel works in a convoy with vehicles bearing United Nations symbols, signalling a deal had been ...
May 01, 2022 Civilians who left the area near Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, accompanied by UN staff, walk at a temporary accommodation centre during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the village of Bezimenne in the Donetsk Region, Ukraine May 1, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Pope says Mariupol 'barbarously bombarded,' implicitly criticizing Russia
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Sunday described the war in Ukraine as a "macabre regression of humanity" that makes him "suffer and cry", calling for humanitarian corridors to evacuate people...
May 01, 2022 Pope Francis speaks during Regina Caeli prayer, in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, May 1, 2022. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
Ukraine says Russia pounding Donbas, failing to take targets
KYIV (Reuters) - Russian forces pounded Ukraine's eastern Donbas region on Saturday but failed to capture three target areas, Ukraine's military said, while Moscow said Western sanctions on Russia and...
Apr 30, 2022 A local resident stands next to debris of an open market destroyed by a military strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk region, Ukraine April 16, 2022. REUTERS/Serhii Nuzhnenko
Pandemic not over, U.S. unlikely to eliminate COVID-19 - Fauci
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is not over and it is unlikely that the United States will ever eliminate COVID-19 but should strive to control the virus, top U.S. infectious disease e...
Apr 29, 2022 Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, answers questions during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and new emerging variants at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 11, 2022. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS/Files
U.S.-Mexico migration talks 'constructive,' not 'threatening' -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden had "constructive" talks with Mexican counterpart President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday, the White House said, as officials on both sides of th...
Apr 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A member of the Border Patrol's Search, Trauma, and Rescue Unit (BORSTAR) observes the border wall in Sunland Park, New Mexico, U.S., July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
