Oct 20 (Reuters) – US federal agents are investigating reports that an incendiary device was thrown at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday night. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) personnel and evidence response technicians are on site
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO, Oct 20 (Reuters) – The US Department of Agriculture plans to resume cattle imports from Mexico at two additional US ports of entry, after halting shipments last year in an attempt to keep out the flesh-eating parasite New World screwworm, the agency said on Tuesday. • The US
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday the Trump administration aims to expand access to peptides by creating a regulated marketplace for the drugs promoted by social media influencers and by the health secretary. They have attracted consumers in a
By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s record-low popularity, voter frustration over the cost of living and a fierce immigration fight are shaping the November 3 midterm elections, which will determine whether Republicans keep control of Congress or Democrats g
Oct 20 (Reuters) – The US Social Security Administration said on Tuesday that it had corrected records for nearly 15% of all active Social Security numbers, adding missing death and citizenship information, as part of the Trump administration’s effort to prevent fraud in the benefits program. • In w
(Tel Aviv) — Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth made an unannounced visit to Israel Monday where he reportedly met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The meeting was at an airbase in the south of the country. It comes ahead of Israeli elections where President Trump has endorsed his ally for re-electi
By David Shepardson and Allison Lampert WASHINGTON/MONTREAL, Oct 20 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has dropped threats against Canadian jet maker Bombardier to ban it from the US market and instead vowed to take “good care” of the company’s workers in Kansas. Trump’s threats in September against
Oct 20 (Reuters) – The US FDA on Tuesday issued guidance aimed at clarifying how drug companies can develop, distribute and label apps used alongside their prescription medicines. Here are some details: • The policy outlines when content in such apps must be submitted to the US Food and Drug Adminis
Oct 20 (Reuters) – Sam Altman on Tuesday won the dismissal of a civil lawsuit filed by his sister accusing the OpenAI co-founder and chief executive of repeated sexual abuse more than two decades ago, an accusation he denies. In dismissing Annie Altman’s lawsuit, US District Judge Zachary Bluestone
By Kamal Choudhury Oct 20 (Reuters) – The United States has logged a third measles-related death this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, as the country battles its worst outbreak in decades. The toll matches the previous year’s total, with the agency reporting 4,41
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – US single-family homebuilding fell sharply in September and permits for future construction tumbled to a 3-1/2-year low as higher mortgage rates suppressed demand, suggesting residential investment resumed its declining trend in the third quarter. The
Oct 20 (Reuters) – The Trump administration will hold a sale of geothermal energy leases over 265,000 acres in Nevada on Tuesday, the latest in a string of federal auctions that have drawn record interest this year. The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management will offer 83 parcels through th
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Iran has deliberately prolonged talks with the US to try to weaken Donald Trump politically ahead of November’s US midterm elections, senior officials say, while fears of renewed military action and deep distrust of Washington have reinforced Tehran’s reluc
By Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen NEW YORK, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Doctors are urging Americans aged 6 months and older to get vaccinated against the flu after an unusual early rise in cases on the West Coast that virologists are still working to understand. It could be the strain itself. The predo
WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Monday it secured court orders requiring a former New York resident and his firm to pay more than $288 million for operating a commodity pool Ponzi scheme. (Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis and Bhargav Acharya;Editing b
By Bianca Flowers, David Hood-Nuño and Ally Levine Oct 19 (Reuters) – The city of Memphis used to sit almost entirely in one congressional district. The new map splits residents from neighbors across the street, each now belonging to districts with voters halfway across the state who have different
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide the legality of a federal ban on the home distilling of alcoholic spirits that was enacted in 1868 after the US Civil War to crack down on liquor tax evasion. The dispute pits Republican President Donald Trump
By Andrew Chung Oct 19 (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider reviving a lawsuit against a Maryland county’s lottery admissions policy for four elite public middle schools that some parents claim unlawfully discriminates against Asian American applicants. Delving again into th
By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Gymnastics is still failing athletes in “almost every way” despite reforms introduced in the decade since the Larry Nassar abuse scandal, the judge who sentenced the former USA Gymnastics doctor has told Reuters. Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said cha
By Nichola Groom Oct 19 (Reuters) – The US Interior Department’s sale of geothermal leases in Nevada this week will include thousands of acres overlapping major planned solar projects from NextEra Energy and other developers, according to federal documents. On Tuesday, the Interior Department’s Bure
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – US government debt hit a milestone $40 trillion in August, triggering a potentially uncomfortable debate for President Donald Trump and Republicans contesting tight midterm elections next month: whether the world’s No. 1 economy is also becoming a r
Trump Endorses Netanyahu as Israeli Rivals Reject Foreign Intervention By The Media Line Staff US President Donald Trump endorsed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection Sunday, October 18, nine days before Israel’s parliamentary election, prompting opposition leaders Gadi Eisenkot and Naft
Iran FM: Hormuz Could Open Friday if US Agrees to 7-Day Proposal By The Media Line Staff Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran’s seven-day proposal to the United States remains available and could lead to the Strait of Hormuz reopening Friday and negotiations resuming Saturday if Washi
By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK, Oct 18 (Reuters) – The woman who was driving a pickup truck that entered a Kansas soccer field during a youth match, killing a man and 6-year-old boy, was released without charges while the investigation continues, authorities said on Sunday. Investigators interviewed th
Oct 18 (Reuters) – The United States has resumed providing Ukraine with critical intelligence to help defend against Russian missile strikes after a brief pause, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in comments published on Sunday. Ukraine has relied on US intelligence to spot the fast-moving ballisti
By Nandita Bose, Bo Erickson and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is blaming senior aides and political operatives for a faltering midterm strategy, questioning campaign spending, faulting redistricting and second-guessing candidate choices as Republicans fight to
By Daniel Trotta and Matt Silverstein DANA POINT, Calif., Oct 17 (Reuters) – The longfin bigeye fish was spotted in California for the first time last month, and the first sea turtles of any kind nested on California beaches. Meanwhile, a venomous yellow-bellied sea snake swam ashore as whale sharks
Oct 16 (Reuters) – The California Department of Education said on Friday a hacker accessed the data of millions of students, including names, birth dates, addresses and disability status, by exploiting the system of a non-profit contractor that works with the state. The hacker accessed the data of “
MEXICO CITY, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Mexican airlines will be able to launch new flights to the US from Mexico City’s two international airports after the US Department of Transportation lifted restrictions imposed over aviation disputes between the two countries, Mexico’s government said on Friday. The
By David Shepardson and Doyinsola Oladipo WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Thousands of US air traffic controllers will get a 2.8% pay raise retroactive to January 1 under a deal announced by the Federal Aviation Administration and a union. • The pay raise, which was authorized by Congress, will be ef
