Category Archives: National
Senators meeting with Manchin on voting rights bills -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats are continuing to press the holdouts in their party to embrace two pieces of voting rights legislation, and a group planned to meet with Senator Joe Manchin on ...
Jan 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wallks to his office in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
CDC panel to discuss Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot for 12- to 15-year olds
(Reuters) - A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel is set to meet on Wednesday to discuss the use of a booster dose of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children age...
Jan 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Pfizer/BioNTech's new pediatric COVID-19 vaccine vials are seen in this undated handout photo. Pfizer/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. Congress probe of deadly Capitol attack racing against election deadline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress' probe of the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters soon begins weeks of public hearings that will put the investigation in the spotl...
Jan 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Manhattan DA's office will not charge Cuomo with COVID nursing home deaths -lawyer
(Reuters) -The Manhattan District Attorney's office will not file criminal charges in connection with the handling of coronavirus deaths in New York nursing homes during the tenure of former Governor ...
Jan 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo arrives to depart in his helicopter after announcing his resignation in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump subpoenaed in New York probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York's attorney general has subpoenaed two of Donald Trump's adult children, Donald Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump, as part of her civil probe into the former U.S. president's busin...
Jan 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Kimberly Guilfoyle, White House senior advisor Ivanka Trump, White House senior advisor Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. look on as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Kenosha Regional Airport in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Two people still missing feared dead after Colorado wildfire
DENVER (Reuters) -Two people were still missing and feared dead after a wildfire roared through two towns in Boulder County, Colorado, and destroyed nearly 1,000 homes, authorities said on Sunday. Bou...
Jan 03, 2022 A view shows remains of homes damaged by the Marshall Fire in Louisville, Colorado, U.S. December 31, 2021. REUTERS/Alyson McClaran
Defense Secretary Austin tests positive for COVID-19, symptoms mild
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday with mild symptoms and would attend meetings virtually as he quarantined at home for the next f...
Jan 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin attends a NATO Defence Ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 21, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
FDA clears Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shot for 12- to 15-year-olds
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized the use of a third dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged between 12 and 15 years, and narrowed the ti...
Jan 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Brendan Lo (13) receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Northwell Health's Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S., May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Jan. 6 committee studying whether it can subpoena U.S. Republican lawmakers
(Reuters) -The congressional committee investigating last year's Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is looking at issuing subpoenas to Republican members of Congress to force their cooperation, the pan...
Jan 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Fauci warns of danger of hospitalization surge due to large number of COVID cases
(Reuters) -Top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said there was still a danger of a surge in hospitalization due to a large number of coronavirus cases even as early data suggests the Omicr...
Jan 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks about the Omicron coronavirus variant during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
