Category Archives: National
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall as labor market tightens, seasonal factors revised
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, indicating a further tightening of labor market conditions heading into the second quarter, wh...
Apr 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud/File Photo
U.S. House holds former Trump aides in contempt over Capitol attack probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives recommended contempt of Congress charges on Wednesday for Peter Navarro and Daniel Scavino, former aides to Donald Trump, for failing to coopera...
Apr 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former White House advisor Peter Navarro leaves the West Wing carrying a poster board displaying claims of voting irregularity at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott//File Photo
Ukraine seeks 'ruinous' sanctions on Russia as Europe frets about energy
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine wants sanctions crippling enough to force Russia to end its war after accusing some countries of putting economic wellbeing above punishment for civilian killings tha...
Apr 07, 2022 A local man walks past a damaged ambulance, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the settlement of Hostomel, outside Kyiv, Ukraine April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
U.S. Postal Service plans to raise prices of first-class mail
(Reuters) - The United States Postal Service (USPS) on Wednesday filed notice of price change with the Postal Regulatory Commission that includes a two-cent increase in the price of a first-class mail...
Apr 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) logo is pictured on a mail box in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
U.S. sanctions Russia's Sberbank, Putin's daughters, bans investment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States targeted Russian banks and elites with a new round of sanctions on Wednesday, including banning Americans from investing in Russia, in response to what Presiden...
Apr 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the afternoon general session of the National League of Cities' Congressional City Conference at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, U.S., March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Big Oil execs defend high fuel prices at U.S. Congress hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Oil executives defended themselves in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday from charges by lawmakers that they are gouging Americans with high fuel prices, saying that they are boostin...
Apr 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Current COVID vaccines not 'well-matched' against BA.2 -FDA
(Reuters) -Current COVID-19 vaccines are not well-matched against the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday, as its panel of outside experts meets to dis...
Apr 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A health care worker points to a man wearing a protective face mask while waiting in line to receive one of the available first, second and booster doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the L.A. Care Health Plan free testing and vaccination site at the First African Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 29, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Over 50 Amazon warehouses in U.S. contact union after New York vote
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc labor organizer Christian Smalls said on Tuesday more than 50 warehouses of the e-commerce giant in the U.S. reached out after its warehouse in New York City voted to form t...
Apr 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen on the door of an Amazon Books retail store in New York City, U.S., February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Biden launches U.S. plan to help Americans struggling with long COVID
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday tasked the U.S. health department with developing a national action plan to tackle the looming health crisis of long COVID, a complex, multi-sympto...
Apr 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People wait outside a community center as long lines continue for individuals trying to be tested for COVID-19 during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, U.S., January 10, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Obama returns to White House to tout healthcare law with Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Barack Obama will return to the White House on Tuesday for the first time since leaving office in 2017 to tout the benefits of his signature healthcare law and ...
Apr 05, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden stands with former President Barack Obama during an event on the Affordable Care Act, the former president's top legislative accomplishment, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
