By Sneha S K Oct 28 (Reuters) – US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday pushed forward a policy allowing licensed pharmacies and physicians to compound certain unapproved peptides while regulators consider whether to formally permit their use in compounded medicines. Published in the
By Promit Mukherjee and David Shepardson OTTAWA, Oct 28 (Reuters) – There has been limited progress in trade talks with the United States to ease US tariffs on Canadian steel and autos, a Canadian government official with knowledge of the discussions said on Wednesday. US President Donald Trump wide
Oct 28 (Reuters) – Retail giant Walmart on Wednesday unveiled its holiday meal basket price at $3.50 per person, the lowest since the retailer launched the program in 2022 at a time US shoppers are facing persistent inflation and wider economic uncertainty. • The basket, which is meant for 10 people
By Helen Coster Oct 28 (Reuters) – In the AI capital of the world, sixth-grade humanities teacher Tristen Chang is designing her classroom so students can’t rely on chatbots. Starting last year, Chang did away with take-home essays and began using oral exams to test students at her San Francisco sch
By Mrinalika Roy Oct 28 (Reuters) – Women in the US struggling to find hormone replacement treatments to manage menopause symptoms are facing shortages beyond estrogen patches amid surging demand, with some injectable and vaginal estrogen products also in short supply. The US Food and Drug Administr
By Andrew Goudsward and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – A federal grand jury has declined to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson who had provided testimony to a congressional panel that probed the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by President Donald Trump’s suppo
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) – The US Department of Energy said on Wednesday it has closed a $5.1 billion loan package to Alliant Energy to expand power generation and bolster the grid at plants in Iowa and Wisconsin. The 30-year loans will support new natural gas-fired power plan
By Jan Wolfe Oct 27 (Reuters) – A federal judge said he would issue a ruling on Wednesday on the US Justice Department’s emergency request to block California from counting mail ballots from alleged noncitizens. US District Judge David Carter informed lawyers of his timeline at the end of a three-ho
By Julia Harte Oct 27 (Reuters) – The parents of Alex Pretti, a US citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agents in Minnesota in January, criticized President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday for withholding evidence from local prosecutors who are investigating the incident. “Our exp
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Twenty-one US states and the District of Columbia sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday over its rollback of reporting requirements established under a 2021 law aimed at combating illicit finance. The Trump administration in August
By Jana Winter WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The FBI raided the home of Eric Swalwell’s billionaire donor on Tuesday as part of the ongoing probe into sexual assault allegations against the former Democratic congressman, a senior law enforcement official told Reuters. The FBI searched the Beverly H
WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he planned to visit a tanker in Texas which contains the first oil received from Venezuela following a deal that Washington made after deposing the country’s former leader. Trump announced in August an agreement that grants the
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase urged a federal judge to dismiss a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit by former investment banker Chirayu Rana, accusing him of persuading his sister and a longtime friend to perjure themselves to support his case. The largest
WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – US single-family house prices increased further in August, despite rising mortgage rates weighing on demand for housing. House prices rose 0.3% after a downwardly revised 0.2% gain in July, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said on Tuesday. Prices were previously repo
By Nicholas P. Brown and Danielle Kaye NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) – American consumers say the rising cost of living is a top concern — one that’s changed how they shop. But that won’t necessarily affect their votes in next week’s congressional elections. More than two dozen voters in three East Coa
By Dawn Kopecki NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The crypto industry has spent roughly $176 million across more than 100 midterm races this election cycle, as part of a years-long plan to build a bipartisan coalition of allies in Congress that can advance its interests long after US President Donald Tru
Oct 26 (Reuters) – Jennifer Shuford, the deputy director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will leave the Trump administration after next week’s midterm elections, the Washington Post said on Monday, citing sources. The departure follows changes in the government’s vaccine policy
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – A US judge extended on Monday a court order blocking President Donald Trump’s plans to renovate a historic Washington golf course where she had deemed a removal of trees “inexcusable”. The renovation, at the center of a lawsuit over environmental and
Oct 26 (Reuters) – An Illinois man was charged on Monday with sending threatening letters to at least four US lawmakers, with the mailings containing a white granular powder that did not have any hazardous substances. The FBI said in a court filing the man, Matthew G. Unglesbee, admitted to sending
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – The US Justice Department is attempting to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey for a third time, the latest case accusing him of sharing sensitive national security information in 2016, according to court documents made public on Monday. The c
WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – US consumers are paying more than anyone in the world for the jump in fuel prices caused by supply disruptions resulting from the US war on Iran, including the virtual shutting and then blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a study said on Monday. • US consumers have paid
By Promit Mukherjee and David Shepardson OTTAWA/WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – The United States and Canada are working on a deal to ease US tariffs on Canadian steel and autos, two US and four Canadian sources said, as the two governments try to repair relations that soured after trade talks broke
Oct 26 (Reuters) – Walter Koenig, who brought humor and grit to the role of starship navigator Pavel Chekov on the classic 1960s sci-fi TV series “Star Trek” and seven subsequent feature films, has died at the age of 90. “My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early t
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, Oct 26 (Reuters) – The abrupt firing of Maurene Comey as a federal prosecutor by President Donald Trump’s administration was unlawful, a US judge ruled on Monday in a victory for the eldest daughter of former FBI director and longtime Trump adversary James Comey. Maurene Comey
(Tallahassee, FL) — Police are still searching for a gunman after 12 people were hurt in a shooting outside a Florida football stadium. The Tallahassee Police Department says eleven people were shot and one person was injured while fleeing the scene. The shooting occurred Saturday night at an inters
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – US political candidates have been engineering their campaign messages to appeal to the AI chatbots that more voters have been using to answer questions about issues, and documents seen by Reuters have revealed some of their strategies. One Powerpoint pres
Oct 25 (Reuters) – Libya’s foreign ministry summoned the US chargé d’affaires on Sunday to protest against rally statements by President Donald Trump it described as “offensive”, after he called the North African nation “terror-infested”. • The ministry said it rejected any statements that “undermin
Oct 25 (Reuters) – Anthropic’s Claude bypassed a paywall and accessed publicly available US state of Georgia voter data without human authorization, Axios reported on Sunday. • “In a training run, Claude accessed aggregate vote counts, pulling data that the state makes available to the public for a
WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Survivors of clergy sexual abuse have agreed to an $800 million settlement with the Archdiocese of New York, lawyers said on Saturday, to resolve claims brought by approximately 1,300 people. • The Catholic Archdiocese of New York agreed to the payment in May, one of t
By Bo Erickson, David Shepardson and Rachel More PERRY, Georgia/BERLIN, Oct 25 (Reuters) – The head of German automaker Audi defended on Sunday the company’s planned $4 billion investment in a new US plant, announced by President Donald Trump as he campaigns for the November midterm elections. Audi
