Category Archives: National
U.S., Europe to announce new sanctions on Russia when Biden visits Brussels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will join allies in applying additional sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and tightening existing ones during his trip to Europe this...
Mar 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden discusses the United States' response to Russian invasion of Ukraine and warns CEOs about potential cyber attacks from Russia at Business Roundtable's CEO Quarterly Meeting in Washington, DC, U.S., March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Ex-Russian state TV reporter: I quit over Ukraine war
PARIS (Reuters) - Zhanna Agalakova, until her resignation this month a journalist with Russia's state-controlled Channel One broadcaster, said on Tuesday she quit in protest at the war being waged by ...
Mar 22, 2022 Russian journalist Zhanna Agalakova looks on as she attends an interview with Reuters, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Paris, France, March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Noemie Olive
U.S. Supreme Court pick Jackson rejects Republican criticism on crime
UPDATED 11:55 a.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's U.S. Supreme Court nominee, on Tuesday rejected Republican claims that she has been overly lenient toward some cri...
Mar 22, 2022 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, as her husband Patrick Jackson listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Miami Beach declares curfew after spate of gun violence
(Reuters) - The city of Miami Beach declared a curfew from Thursday until Monday in response to gun violence and raucous spring break crowds that have stretched public services beyond their capacity t...
Mar 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A police vehicle is seen next to people enjoying spring break, ahead of an 8pm curfew imposed by local authorities amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
White House warns U.S. companies about 'preparatory' Russian hacking
(Reuters) - Senior White House cybersecurity official Anne Neuberger said on Monday that important U.S. companies that provide critical infrastructure should improve their cyber defensive posture beca...
Mar 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2021. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
Eastern Europe struggles to cope as Ukraine refugee exodus hits 3.5 million
WARSAW/BUCHAREST (Reuters) - More than 3.5 million people have fled abroad from the war in Ukraine, United Nations data showed on Tuesday, leaving Eastern Europe scrambling to provide them with care, ...
Mar 22, 2022 A nun comforts a woman after fleeing from Ukraine to Romania, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the border crossing in Siret, Romania, March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
FDA advisers to discuss COVID vaccine boosters in April
(Reuters) -The U.S. drug regulator said on Monday a panel of independent advisers will meet on April 6 to discuss considerations for use of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses. The U.S. Food and Drug Admin...
Mar 21, 2022 A person wears a required protective face mask on a bus amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Washington, U.S. January 31, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
'Cowboys for Trump' founder faces U.S. Capitol riot criminal trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A New Mexico county commissioner who founded a group called "Cowboys for Trump" faces trial on Monday on charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, in an i...
Mar 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump fight with members of law enforcement at a door they broke open as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Ukraine defies Russian demand to lay down arms in Mariupol
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine defied a Russian demand that its forces lay down arms before dawn on Monday in Mariupol, where hundreds of thousands of civilians have been trapped in a city under si...
Mar 21, 2022 A man carries his belongings while walking along a road past tanks of pro-Russian troops during Ukraine-Russia conflict on the outskirts of the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 20, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Jackson vows independence amid Republican attacks
UPDATED 2:53 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's nominee to become the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, pledged independence if confirmed and embraced a...
Mar 21, 2022 Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson listens during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 21, 2022. J. Scott Applewhite/Pool via REUTERS
