Category Archives: National
U.S. expands COVID-19 booster eligibility to all adults
(Reuters) - U.S. regulators expanded eligibility for booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines to all adults on Friday, allowing millions more Americans to get additional protection against the virus amid a ...
Nov 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A patient receives their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster during a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Emily Elconin
Central IL Congressional Reps. react to "Build Back Better" advance
Peoria, Ill -- Central Illinois' representatives in Congress offer starkly different reactions to the advance of the Biden "Build Back Better" agenda in Washington. The nearly $2 trillion bill passed ...
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Jury acquits U.S. teen shooter Kyle Rittenhouse of all charges
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - A jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse on Friday on all charges relating to his fatal shooting of two men and wounding of a third with a semi-automatic rifle during chaotic 2020 r...
Nov 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Kyle Rittenhouse speaks with his attorneys before the jury is relieved for the evening during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, U.S., November 18, 2021. Sean Krajacic/Pool via REUTERS
Harris was briefly first woman to be acting U.S. president as Biden underwent colonoscopy
UPDATED 12:27 P.M. BETHESDA, Md. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden briefly transferred power to Vice President Kamala Harris Friday as he underwent a colonoscopy, making her the first woman to hold ...
Nov 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris shake hands during a ceremony to sign the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act", on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Biden's $1.75 trillion social spending bill wins enough votes to pass in House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion bill to bolster the social safety net and fight climate change secured enough votes to pass the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, aft...
Nov 19, 2021 A bicyclist rides along the East Front Plaza at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
FDA authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine booster for U.S. adults
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized booster doses of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine for all adults, a move aimed at addressing waning protection among...
Nov 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A health worker draws a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a vial during a vaccination event hosted by Miami - Dade County and Miami Heat, at FTX Arena in Miami, Florida, U.S., August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Jury in Rittenhouse murder trial to deliberate for fourth day
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - Jurors in the Wisconsin murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse will resume deliberations for a fourth day on Friday on whether to convict or acquit the teenager, who killed two men...
Nov 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Kyle Rittenhouse checks his cell phone as he waits with his attorneys for the judge to relieve the jury for the evening during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, U.S., November 18, 2021. Sean Krajacic/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
U.S. House could vote on 'Build Back Better' Thursday -Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives could vote on President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion "Build Back Better" legislation on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, as long as some...
Nov 18, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 12, 2021. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan
Pfizer signs $5.3 billion COVID-19 pill deal with U.S. govt
(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc has signed a $5.29 billion deal with the U.S. government to deliver 10 million courses of its COVID-19 oral antiviral drug starting this year, the drug maker said on Thursday. Th...
Nov 18, 2021 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
MSNBC banned from Rittenhouse trial as jury deliberates for third day
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) -The judge in the Wisconsin murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse banned MSNBC from the courthouse after a freelancer for the media network was detained by police close to a bus car...
Nov 18, 2021 Kyle Rittenhouse listens as Judge Bruce Schroeder talks about how the jury will view video during deliberations in Kyle Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 17, 2021. Sean Krajacic/Pool via REUTERS
