Category Archives: National
U.S. House committee backs contempt charge against Trump aide Bannon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. congressional committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol voted unanimously on Tuesday in favor of contempt-of-Congress charges against Steve Bannon, a long...
Oct 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon exits the Manhattan Federal Court, following his arraignment hearing for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
White House lays out plan to vaccinate kids ages 5 to 11
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Wednesday outlined its plan to vaccinate millions of kids ages 5 to 11 as soon as the COVID-19 shot is approved for younger children, readying doses a...
Oct 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Syringes filled with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine sit on table during vaccine clinic in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Emily Elconin
Democratic divide over spending priorities tests Biden's deal-making skills
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's negotiating skills, honed over his decades in Congress, were put to a serious test on Tuesday as he sought to get warring Democratic factions to agree ...
Oct 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an update on the administration's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response and the vaccination program during remarks at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine highly protective in 12-18 age group - U.S. CDC study
(Reuters) - The Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine was 93% effective in preventing hospitalizations among those aged 12 to 18, according to an analysis released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Co...
Oct 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker administers a dose of Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a woman at Belgrade Fair vaccination center in Belgrade, Serbia, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Democrats battle over climate change plans in $3.5 trillion bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiators of a bill to invest up to $3.5 trillion to expand social programs and attack climate change gave hints of progress on Monday, but some Democrats were resigned to the...
Oct 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) talks on a phone as he departs following the weekly Senate Democratic policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Trump sues U.S. House panel investigating Jan. 6 attack -court document; committee rejects Bannon 'privilege' argument in Jan. 6 probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday against the U.S. congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, alleging it made an illeg...
Oct 18, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Reps. Elaine Luria (D-VA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speak to the press after the House Select Committee hearing investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Trump questioned under oath in lawsuit over alleged Trump Tower assault
(Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump testified under oath on Monday as part of a civil lawsuit brought by protesters who allege they were assaulted by his security guards in New York in 2015, a la...
Oct 18, 2021 Plaintiff's lawyer Benjamin Dictor speaks to the media outside Trump Tower on the day that former U.S. President Donald Trump was deposed in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 18, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Biden administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a Texas law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion after a lower court reinstated the Repu...
Oct 18, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A supporter of reproductive rights holds a sign outside the Texas State Capitol building during the nationwide Women's March, held after Texas rolled out a near-total ban on abortion procedures and access to abortion-inducing medications, in Austin, Texas, U.S. October 2, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
U.S. Supreme Court again protects police accused of excessive force
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday signaled that it is not retreating from its inclination to grant a legal protection called "qualified immunity" to police accused in lawsuits of using exces...
Oct 18, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S. June 25, 2021. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Ex- joint chiefs of staff Powell dies of COVID complications -Facebook post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Colin Powell, the first black U.S. secretary of state and top military officer, died on Monday at the age of 84 from COVID-19 complications, his family said in a statement. "He ...
Oct 18, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Army Four Star General and former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks at the funeral for the late U.S. Army Four Star General H. Norman Schwarzkopf at the Cadet Chapel at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, February 28, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Segar
