Category Archives: National
Putin and Xi cement partnership in face of Western pressure
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and China should stand firm in rejecting Western interference and defending each other's security interests, presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping agreed in a video call o...
Dec 15, 2021 Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping via a video link at his residence outside Moscow, Russia December 15, 2021. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. Senate passes $770 billion defense bill, Biden's signature next
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday for a version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, that authorizes $770 billion in defense spending - $25 billio...
Dec 15, 2021 A security camera can be seen near the U.S. Capitol building as the sun sets in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/Files
'Don't hesitate to ask for anything,' Biden tells tornado-ravaged Kentucky
MAYFIELD, Ky. (Reuters) - President Joe Biden walked through the battered remains of Mayfield, Kentucky, on Wednesday to get a first-hand view of the destruction wrought by one of the deadliest tornad...
Dec 15, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with local leaders and members of Kentucky Emergency Management for a briefing about storm damage from the tornadoes and extreme weather, in Mayfield, Kentucky, U.S., December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Court ruling means vaccine mandates are back for many health care workers in Illinois
(Reuters) -A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday revived in 26 states a Biden administration COVID-19 mandate requiring millions of U.S. healthcare workers to get vaccinated if they work in federa...
Dec 15, 2021 Midwest Communications
Derek Chauvin expected to change plea to guilty in George Floyd civil rights case
(Reuters) - White former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday in a federal court in Minnesota to charges that he violated George Floyd's civil rights durin...
Dec 15, 2021 Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listens to his mother Carolyn Pawlenty deliver a statement to the judge as he awaits his sentencing for murder in the death of George Floyd during a sentencing hearing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 25, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS/Files
Omicron estimated at 2.9% of COVID-19 variants ; 800K COVID deaths in U.S.
(Reuters) - The Omicron variant was estimated to be 2.9% of the COVID-19 variants circulating in the United States as of Dec. 11, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preven...
Dec 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A man is tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a mobile COVID-19 testing unit, as pedestrians make their way in the sidewalk during the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
U.S. House finds ex-Trump chief of staff Meadows in contempt, seeks prosecution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, could face criminal prosecution for refusing to cooperate fully with a probe into the deadly attack on the U.S. Cap...
Dec 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump departs with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows from the White House to travel to North Carolina for an election rally, in Washington, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
U.S. Congress approves boosting debt limit to $31.4 trillion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Tuesday approved raising the federal government's debt limit by $2.5 trillion, to about $31.4 trillion, sending the bill to President Joe Biden to sign and ...
Dec 15, 2021 The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/Files
Accused Michigan school shooter appears in virtual court, will stay in adult jail
(Reuters) - The Michigan teenager charged in the deadliest U.S. school shooting of 2021 calmly answered questions via video link on Monday during a hearing in which his lawyers unsuccessfully pleaded ...
Dec 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Jail booking photos taken of Ethan Robert Crumbley, 15, charged with first-degree murder in a high school shooting in Michigan, U.S. December 1, 2021, in a combination photograph with his parents Jennifer Lynn Crumbley and James Robert Crumbley who were taken into custody December 3, 2021. Oakland County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
Kroger to remove some COVID-19 benefits for unvaccinated employees
(Reuters) -Kroger Co will stop some COVID-19 benefits for unvaccinated employees starting next year, as the supermarket chain pushes more workers to get inoculated amid growing concerns over the sprea...
Dec 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The Kroger supermarket chain's headquarters is shown in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., June 28, 2018. REUTERS/Lisa Baertlein/File Photo
