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
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Less than two weeks before US midterm elections, the US Justice Department has warned election officials across California they could be targets of federal “scrutiny” if they refuse to help identify suspected noncitizens on voter rolls and set aside
By Heather Schlitz DETROIT, Oct 24 (Reuters) – It was her son’s eighth birthday, but Dayna Broadnax could not afford a present. Broadnax, a 42-year-old single mother of four in Detroit, said soaring gas and grocery prices left little money to pay the bills, let alone buy gifts or throw a birthday pa
By Steve Holland, Bo Erickson, Nandita Bose and Jacob Bogage Oct 24 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is in the midst of a nationwide campaign blitz ahead of the November midterm elections, holding near-daily rallies to boost turnout for Republicans who are fighting to keep control of Congress. In
By Daniel Trotta Oct 23 (Reuters) – The US Justice Department accused a government contractor on Friday of leaking national defense information to his girlfriend, the publisher of a Substack newsletter. The FBI arrested Ian Brinksman, 42, on Friday following a search of his Washington home, a Justic
FORT MYERS, Florida, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Friday the United States would introduce a label for all American-made seafood to help inform people’s choice about where the goods come from. • Kennedy made the announcement at a political rally with President Do
Oct 23 (Reuters) – BP announced a deal on Friday that provides Louisiana an accelerated, lump-sum $350 million payment to resolve claims over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and that also settles long-running coastal damage litigation by local parishes. • BP agreed in 2015 to pay up to $18.7 bi
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) – The US Justice Department has charged two former senior FBI officials with lying to Congress about their knowledge of investigations into former President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, according to court documents made public on Friday. Nikki Floris, 46,
Oct 23 (Reuters) – The US CDC on Friday reported 4,588 measles cases in the country as of October 22, up 178 from a week earlier, as an outbreak of the highly contagious disease continues. Here are some key details: • Measles-related hospitalizations this year stand at 479, according to CDC • The Pe
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s $8 billion in diesel aid for farmers will be disbursed after the November 3 election, an administration official said on Friday. President Donald Trump announced the aid at a rally in Kansas on Monday as part of a suite of cos
By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) – The New York City Council voted on Thursday to ban horse-drawn carriages from city streets and Central Park beginning in June 2028, ending a historic tourist attraction and long-standing industry. Out of the city’s 51 lawmakers, 40 supported the bill,
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump determined on Thursday that petroleum production, refining, and related activities are essential to national defense, a move that could open up US funding for fossil fuel projects. In a presidential memo, Trump also invoked part of the Cold Wa
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – The US government will increase measures aimed at preventing entry by people exposed to Ebola with a new requirement for US-bound air travelers to attest they have not been in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the prior 21 days, according to a mem
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – The US nuclear power regulator finalized a rule on Thursday allowing companies to use data from demonstration projects at US agencies, calling it the first major change to reactor regulations since President Donald Trump ordered faster agency reviews. • The Nuclear Reg
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump on Thursday declared imports of wind turbines and their components a threat to national security, but stopped short of imposing new tariffs on the sector. In a White House proclamation, Trump said a Commerce Department investigation found that
(SRN NEWS)- Virginia State Senator L. Louise Lucas has been arrested by federal authorities in a case involving alleged drug trafficking, fraud, money laundering and firearms offenses, according to Fox News. Lucas, the Senate’s president pro tempore, faces five charges, including racketeering conspi
By Will Dunham Oct 22 (Reuters) – Versatile actor Tom Skerritt, who starred in Hollywood megahits including the sci-fi classic “Alien,” the war comedy “M*A*S*H,” and the action drama “Top Gun,” has died at the age of 93. Skerritt, a Detroit native whose Hollywood career spanned from the 1960s to the
Oct 22 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at reducing expenses for homeowners by lowering insurance premiums, refinancing costs and interest rates on certain government-backed home loans, the White House said. High home prices and elevated mortgage rate
By Andrew Hay Oct 22 (Reuters) – The University of Arizona has suspended a fraternity after a female student alleged she was raped at its house by two men, the latest action taken by a major US university against a Greek chapter over accusations of sexual assault. The university suspended Sigma Phi
Rubio Defends US-Pakistan Ties, Says Engagement Could Help Address India’s Security Concerns By Arshad Mehmood / The Media Line [ISLAMABAD] US Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended Washington’s relationship with nuclear-armed Pakistan during his visit to India, saying continued diplomatic engageme
US Prepares Gulf Embassy Evacuations as Houthi Attacks Intensify By The Media Line Staff The United States is preparing to evacuate some diplomatic personnel and their family members from embassies in the Gulf as Houthi attacks escalate, official sources told Reuters. Two US officials said the order
Trump’s Saudi-Israel Push Faces the Realities of Yemen, Elections, and Palestinian Statehood As Houthi attacks intensify pressure on Riyadh, Israeli and US elections complicate Washington’s normalization ambitions, while Saudi public opinion and demands for Palestinian statehood remain major obstacl
By Nate Raymond Oct 22 (Reuters) – A US law that bans the manufacturing of switchblades for sale or distribution across state lines violates the right to keep and bear arms under the US Constitution’s Second Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled. The New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appe
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) waved off rumors that she married her brother, replying, “Not to my knowledge,” when asked if she was related to her ex-husband. Omar married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009, and they divorced in 2017. The rumor that he was her biological brother, and that they married to fraudule
Oct 22 (Reuters) – Russia freed Stephen Hubbard, a retired US schoolteacher, from prison on Wednesday, as Moscow and Washington held a new round of talks about settling the war in Ukraine. At least nine publicly identified Americans are believed to remain imprisoned in Russia, although the full numb
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO, Oct 22 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump signed an executive order this month to expand access to tax-exempt diesel as soaring prices frustrate voters ahead of midterm elections. But farmers say it is too risky to use the fuel on public roads, while some other drivers do
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – The US Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday it confirmed the first detection of flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm in US wildlife in an elk in Pecos County, Texas, while New Mexico authorities separately said they confirmed a case in a b
By Diana Novak Jones Oct 21 (Reuters) – A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta Platforms on Wednesday to pay the state $25 billion after a jury found the company had misled consumers about the privacy of their data, hitting the company with one of the largest financial penalties in US history. The rulin
By Andrew Chung Oct 21 (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to immediately enforce a policy restricting gender-affirming care for transgender inmates in federal prisons in a rare win for transgender rights at the nation’s top judicia
By Maria Tsvetkova and Dan Fastenberg NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) – To observers, the horse-drawn carriages driven by coachmen in black top hats, ferrying passengers through Central Park and nearby Manhattan streets, can seem like relics from another time. They soon may be. The carriages have rolled
