Category Archives: National
Yellen warns lawmakers U.S. Treasury to hit debt limit Oct. 18
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday again warned lawmakers that the nation was close to exhausting its federal borrowing capabilities - now set for Oct. 18 - and urg...
Sep 28, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services about the FY22 Treasury budget request on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, U.S., June 23, 2021. Shawn Thew/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Pfizer submits data for COVID-19 vaccine use in younger kids
(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE on Tuesday submitted initial trial data for their COVID-19 vaccine in 5-11 year olds and said they would make a formal request with U.S. regulators for emergency ...
Sep 28, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
U.S. Senate fails to advance debt ceiling, government funding measure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A sharply divided U.S. Senate failed on Monday to advance a measure to suspend the federal debt ceiling and avoid a partial government shutdown, as Republican lawmakers denied th...
Sep 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An American flag flies outside of the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
R. Kelly is found guilty in sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -R. Kelly was convicted by a federal jury on Monday in his sex trafficking trial, where prosecutors accused the R&B singer of exploiting his stardom over a quarter-century to lu...
Sep 27, 2021 R. Kelly sits with his lawyers Calvin Scholar and Thomas Farinella as the jury deliberate in Kelly's sex abuse trial at Brooklyn's Federal District Court in a courtroom sketch in New York, U.S., September 27, 2021. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
U.S. President Reagan's shooter John Hinckley wins unconditional release
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday said he would grant "unconditional release" to John Hinckley, who wounded former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassinati...
Sep 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: John Hinckley Jr. arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. November 19, 2003. REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/File Photo
Biden gets COVID-19 booster shot as additional doses roll out
UPDATED 12:50 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden rolled up his shirt sleeve for a COVID-19 vaccine booster inoculation on Monday, hoping to provide a powerful example for Americans on...
Sep 27, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden receives his coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccination in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 27, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
About 100 U.S. citizens, permanent residents still waiting to leave Afghanistan -official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is aware of about 100 American citizens and legal permanent residents (LPRs) who remain in Afghanistan and are ready to leave the country, a senior State Depart...
Sep 27, 2021 U.S. Air Force planes, which were used to evacuate people from Afghanistan, are seen at Al Udeid airbase in Doha, Qatar, September 4, 2021. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
Pfizer begins study of oral drug for prevention of COVID-19
(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc said on Monday it has started a mid-to-late-stage study testing its investigational oral antiviral drug for the prevention of COVID-19 infection among those who have been exposed...
Sep 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Pfizer logo is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle in this illustration photo taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Pelosi sets Thursday vote on infrastructure, eyes smaller social spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday set a vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill for Thursday and voiced confidence it would pass. Debate...
Sep 27, 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. September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
PG&E charged with manslaughter for sparking California wildfire
(Reuters) -Prosecutors in Northern California on Friday charged power utility Pacific Gas & Electric with four counts of manslaughter and other felonies, alleging it failed to cut down a sickly tr...
Sep 26, 2021 A sign identifying Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Metcalf Power Substation near San Jose, California is seen February 7, 2014. REUTERS/Norbert von der Groeben (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS)
