Category Archives: National
U.S. lawmakers weigh new COVID-19 stimulus funding -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are discussing another possible round of COVID-19 stimulus spending for businesses, seeking to blunt the impact of the fast-spreading Omicron variant, the Washing...
Jan 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer display the "American Rescue Plan" during the enrolment ceremony following passage of U.S. President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus disease (COVID-19) relief bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott
Biden to speak 'truth' on Jan 6 anniversary; Trump cancels event
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will mark the one-year anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump's followers with a speech on Thursday warning of the threa...
Jan 05, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team on the latest developments related to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., January 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Manchin's reluctance leaves Democrats' U.S. voting rights bill at risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Democrats' efforts to pass voting rights legislation in Congress appeared in jeopardy on Tuesday, as a centrist Democratic senator said he had little interest in a strategy ...
Jan 05, 2022 U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) confer before addressing reporters following the weekly senate party caucus luncheons at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. July 9, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Deere says its robo-tractors are ready to till the fields
DETROIT (Reuters) - John Deere & Co said on Tuesday it will start commercial delivery this year of technology that enables a tractor to till a field without an operator in the cab, a first for the...
Jan 04, 2022 Workers set up a temporary building for John Deere in the parking lot of the Las Vegas Convention Center in preparation for CES 2022 in Las Vegas, January 3, 2022. REUTERS/Steve Marcus
COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy not linked to complications at birth - U.S. study
(Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy was not associated with preterm delivery or underweight newborns, in a study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on...
Jan 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A pregnant woman receives a vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
Pfizer to supply U.S. with 10 million more courses of COVID-19 pills
(Reuters) - The Biden administration doubled its order for Pfizer Inc's oral COVID-19 antiviral treatment, the company and the White House said on Tuesday, providing the government a total of 20 milli...
Jan 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Paxlovid, a Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pill, is seen manufactured in Ascoli, Italy, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on November 16, 2021. Pfizer/Handout via REUTERS
Illinois Democrat Bobby Rush to retire after nearly 30 years in Congress - media
(Reuters) - U.S Representative Bobby Rush, a civil rights campaigner and Black Panther activist in the 1960s, is not seeking re-election and plans to retire at the end of the year after completing 15 ...
Jan 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep Bobby Rush (D-IL) - Washington, U.S., 28/02/17 -. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
U.S. reports nearly 1 million COVID-19 cases in a day, setting global record
(Reuters) - The United States reported almost 1 million new coronavirus cases on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, a global record nearly double the country's peak of 505,109 set just a week ago a...
Jan 04, 2022 People line up in cold winter temperatures to be tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Everett, Massachusetts, U.S., January 4, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
CDC recommends five-month gap for Pfizer COVID-19 booster dose
(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday recommended shortening the interval between Pfizer-BioNTech's second COVID-19 vaccine dose and the booster shot to five ...
Jan 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A nurses fills up syringes for patients as they receive their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccination during a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Emily Elconin
Drivers trapped in cars after snowstorm shuts interstate in Virginia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Drivers in Virginia were stranded in their vehicles overnight as authorities worked to reopen an icy stretch of Interstate 95 closed after a storm blanketed the U.S. region in sn...
Jan 04, 2022 Local residents walk along an empty street during a snowstorm in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
