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U.S. COVID-19 death toll hits 700,000
(Reuters) - The United States surpassed 700,000 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as officials roll out booster doses of vaccines to protect the elderly and people wo...
Oct 02, 2021 People visit Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's "In America: Remember", a memorial for Americans who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the national death toll nears 700,000, next to the Washington Monument in Washington, U.S., October 1, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19, but has no symptoms, according to a court statement that said he would miss Friday's investiture cere...
Oct 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., September 27, 2018. Michael Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Merck's COVID-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalization by 50% in study
(Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc's experimental oral drug for COVID-19, molnupiravir, reduced by around 50% the chance of hospitalization or death for patients at risk of severe disease, according to in...
Oct 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An experimental COVID-19 treatment pill called molnupiravir being developed by Merck & Co Inc and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, is seen in this undated handout photo released by Merck & Co Inc and obtained by Reuters May 17, 2021. Merck & Co Inc/Handout via REUTERS
UPDATE: Biden administration asks judge to halt strict Texas abortion law
UPDATED 12:18 P.M. (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration on Friday urged a judge to block a near-total ban on abortion imposed by Texas - the strictest such law in the nation - in a key mome...
Oct 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An American flag waves outside the U.S. Department of Justice Building in Washington, U.S., December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
U.S. House votes to avert government shutdown, test of Biden's agenda ahead
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress on Thursday passed legislation to avert a government shutdown, but another test of President Joe Biden's agenda lay ahead as the House of Representatives prepar...
Sep 30, 2021 U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) walks through the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
U.S. weekly jobless claims rise; second quarter GDP revised higher
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased last week for the third straight week, which could raise concerns that the labor market was softeni...
Sep 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
U.S. Congress seeks to ward off government shutdown as Biden agenda at risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic divisions were imperiling President Joe Biden's agenda to invest in infrastructure, expand social services and address climate change as the U.S. Congress simultaneou...
Sep 30, 2021 The U.S. Capitol seen through a skylight window at dusk on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Republican Cheney offers strong defense of Milley, invokes Jan. 6 Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Liz Cheney offered a resounding defense on Wednesday of General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, praising him for "standing in the breach"...
Sep 29, 2021 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Army General Mark A. Milley, responds to questions during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on "Ending the U.S. Military Mission in Afghanistan" in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, U.S., September 29, 2021. Rod Lamkey/Pool via REUTERS
YouTube blocks all anti-vaccine content
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - YouTube will block all anti-vaccine content, moving beyond its ban on false information about the COVID vaccines to include content that contains misinformation about other appr...
Sep 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A YouTube logo seen at the YouTube Space LA in Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles, California, United States October 21, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Senate Republicans block U.S. debt-limit hike as shutdown looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans blocked an attempt on Tuesday by President Joe Biden's Democrats to head off a potentially crippling U.S. credit default, raising questions about whether ...
Sep 28, 2021 U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters following the Senate Republicans weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
