Category Archives: National
U.S. agency to probe Amtrak derailment that killed 3 in Montana
(Reuters) -At least three people died on Saturday and some passengers were injured after an Amtrak train derailed in north-central Montana, an official at the local sheriff's office said. The National...
Sep 26, 2021 People wait at the side of train tracks at the scene of a train derailment near Havre, Montana, U.S. September 25, 2021, in this still image obtained from video. Courtesy of Jacob Cordeiro / Social Media via REUTERS
U.S. House passes abortion rights bill, outlook poor in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday to protect abortion services against growing Republican-backed state restrictions, including a Texas law that imp...
Sep 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds a pro-abortion rights sign as she listens to speakers at a Black Women Take Action event outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. September 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Biden will not invoke executive privilege on Trump records in Jan. 6 probe -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will not invoke executive privilege to shield former President Donald Trump's records in relation to an investigation into the deadly attack on the U.S. Capi...
Sep 24, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and booster shots in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
U.S. border camp closed, Haitians there face mixed fates
DEL RIO, Texas (Reuters) -An impromptu border camp that roiled U.S. politics was emptied of thousands of Haitian migrants by Friday, with most remaining in the United States for now and others expelle...
Sep 24, 2021 A U.S. Border Patrol agent on a raft holds a migrant child as seen from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
CDC director says she overruled advisers on boosters to protect workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said on Friday she overruled the agency's advisory committee vote against approving Pfizer/BioNTech CO...
Sep 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Capitol hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 20, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/Pool via REUTERS
Gabby Petito's boyfriend charged with using her bank card; arrest warrant issued
(Reuters) -Gabby Petito's boyfriend, whom police have sought for six days in connection with the 22-year-old travel blogger's death during their cross-country road trip, was charged on Thursday with f...
Sep 24, 2021 Gabrielle Petito, 22, who was reported missing on September 11, 2021 after traveling with her boyfriend around the country in a van and never returned home, poses for a photo with Brian Laundrie in this undated handout photo. North Port/Florida Police/Handout via REUTERS
Trump allies Bannon, Meadows subpoenaed in Congress' probe of Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol has subpoenaed four former members of Donald Trump's administration, includ...
Sep 24, 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/File Photo
U.S. congressional Democrats report deal to pay for Biden spending plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top two Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Thursday said they had reached a deal to pay for President Joe Biden's sweeping social agenda, as the White House warned federal ag...
Sep 24, 2021 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer makes a statement in attendance with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) before the start of Pelosi?s weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
U.S. CDC advisers recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for 65 and older, high risk
UPDATED 5:48PM (Reuters) -A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Thursday recommended a booster shot of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for Americans aged 6...
Sep 23, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Cal State Dominguez Hills student Yomaria De Santiago, 35, receives a Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in Carson, Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
U.S. special envoy resigns over Haiti expulsions from Texas camp
CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico (Reuters) -The U.S. special envoy to Haiti dramatically resigned on Thursday in a letter that excoriated the Biden administration for deporting hundreds of migrants to the crisis-...
Sep 23, 2021 A couple bath a child at a makeshift border camp along the International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, U.S. September 22, 2021. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
