Category Archives: National
U.S. Senate advances bill to raise debt limit, avert catastrophic default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress' months-long drive to raise the federal government's $28.9 trillion debt limit, and avert an unprecedented default, took a step forward on Thursday as the Senat...
Dec 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Reality TV personality Josh Duggar convicted over child sex-abuse images
(Reuters) - Former reality television personality Josh Duggar was convicted by a jury in Arkansas on Thursday on federal charges relating to downloading and viewing photos and videos depicting the sex...
Dec 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Josh Duggar, Executive Director of the Family Research Council Action, speaks at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa August 9, 2014. REUTERS/Brian Frank
Michigan school shooting 'entirely preventable', says $100-million federal lawsuit
(Reuters) - A deadly shooting rampage at a Michigan high school last week was "entirely preventable," according to a $100 million federal lawsuit filed on Thursday against the Michigan school district...
Dec 09, 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
Amtrak to temporarily cut some service over U.S. COVID-19 vaccine rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak told a U.S. House of Representatives panel on Thursday it expects to be forced to cut some service in January because of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate...
Dec 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An Amtrak train is parked at the platform inside New York's Penn Station, the nation's busiest train hub, which will be closing tracks for repairs causing massive disruptions to commuters in New York City, July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer/BioNTech booster for 16- and 17-year-olds
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE those aged 16 and 17, as public health officials have urg...
Dec 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A syringe is filled with a dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up community vaccination center at the Gateway World Christian Center in Valley Stream, New York, U.S., February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Former U.S. senator, presidential candidate Bob Dole lies in state in Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A casket bearing the remains of former U.S. Senator Bob Dole, a three-time Republican presidential candidate and decorated World War Two veteran, was placed in the Capitol's Rotu...
Dec 09, 2021 The casket of former U.S. Senator Bob Dole arrives at the U.S. Capitol for a Congressional memorial service, where it will lie in state, in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 9, 2021. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS
With 'Summit for Democracy,' Biden seeks to rally nations against rising authoritarianism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden gathered more than 100 world leaders on Tuesday in a virtual "Summit for Democracy" intended to counter authoritarianism - and with Russia and China poi...
Dec 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks after late-night passage of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill to repair the nation's airports, roads and bridges, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. November 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
U.S. weekly jobless claims drop to lowest level since 1969
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in more than 52 years last week as labor market conditions continued to tighten a...
Dec 09, 2021 A job seeker leaves the job fair for airport related employment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Deal to avert U.S. default, raise debt limit faces test in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A deal between the top Democrat and Republican in the U.S. Senate to help raise the federal government's $28.9 trillion debt limit will be tested on Thursday when the full chamb...
Dec 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
House Jan. 6 panel had 'no choice' but contempt charge against Meadows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows could become the third person to face a criminal contempt charge for refusing to cooperate with the U.S. House of Representativ...
Dec 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago
