Steve Scalise says drops out of race for U.S. House speaker
(Reuters) - Steve Scalise, who had secured the Republican Party's nomination to be the next speaker of the U.S.
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As Israel battles Hamas, all eyes are on Hezbollah, the wild card on its northern border
Will Lebanon’s heavily armed Hezbollah militia join the Israel-Hamas war
California governor signs 2 major proposals for mental health reform to go before voters in 2024
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two major pieces of legislation to transform the state’s mental health system and to address the state’s worsening homelessness crisis
White House poised to announce winners of competition to produce hydrogen fuel
The White House is poised to announce the winners of a $7 billion federal competition to produce and deliver hydrogen fuel, a key component of its clean energy program
US files superseding indictment against Senator Bob Menendez
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday filed a superseding indictment against Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, a court filing showed.
Republican Scalise struggles for votes after winning US House speaker nomination
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Steve Scalise, the Republican nominee to lead the U.S.
California Gov. Newsom signs law to slowly raise health care workers’ minimum wage to $25 per hour
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to raise the minimum wage for health care workers
US Republican speaker nominee Jordan known as Ukraine aid skeptic
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.
Jim Jordan, longtime critic of top US House Republicans, grasps at gavel
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Jim Jordan, founder of a hardline U.S.
US House Republicans choose Jim Jordan as speaker nominee - Rep. Stefanik
(Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans on Friday choose Congressman Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker, Rep. Elise Stefanik said in a social media post.
US Supreme Court temporarily blocks order curbing Biden social media contacts
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S.
Israeli family mourns grandfather killed by Hamas and worries about grandmother, a captive in Gaza
Adina Moshe's Israeli family is hoping to get her heart medication to her in Gaza, despite her captivity by Hamas
US House speaker vote to be held Tuesday at noon - Democratic Rep. Clark
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote to choose a new speaker on Tuesday at approximately 12:00 p.m. (1600 GMT), No. 2 House Democrat Katherine Clark said on Sunday.
Biden 2024 campaign, allies raise $71 million in latest quarterly haul
By Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's 2024 re-election team and his party said on Sunday that they raised $71 million during the latest quarter, as the
Italian lawmakers debate long-delayed Holocaust Museum revived by far-right-led government
Italian lawmakers have marked the 80th anniversary of the Nazi roundup of more than 1,200 Roman Jews in the Holocaust with a debate on a measure to partially fund a long-delayed Holocaust Museum in the capital
He's a survivor: A mother fights for son kidnapped by Hamas militants
Hersh Goldberg-Polin's mother describes him as like a lot of other young people
Biden postpones Colorado trip to focus on national security, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.
Hardline Republican Jim Jordan to push bid for US House speaker
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hardline Republican Jim Jordan is set to take his sputtering bid for speaker to the floor of the U.S.
Biden takes jobs message to Republican hardliner Lauren Boebert's district
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will highlight clean-energy jobs created by his climate legislation on Monday while visiting a Colorado Congressional district represented by
Republican Jim Jordan loses first US House speaker vote, postpones another round
By David Morgan, Makini Brice and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Combative right-wing Republican Jim Jordan postponed a second vote for speaker of the U.S.
Israeli video compilation shows the savagery and ease of Hamas' attack
Israel's military brought together a group of foreign correspondents to screen a 40-minute reel of gruesome footage compiled from the Hamas attack last week
Suspect in Holloway disappearance to appear in federal court for extortion case; plea deal possible
An attorney for the mother of an Alabama teen who disappeared in Aruba said that a possible plea deal with a suspect in an extortion case is contingent upon his disclosing details about her death
U.S. lawmakers expect Biden spending request this week, Israel wants $10 billion - source
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.
Illinois boy killed in alleged hate crime remembered as kind, playful as suspect appears in court
A 6-year-old Palestinian American boy who authorities allege was stabbed 26 times by his landlord in response to escalating right-wing rhetoric in the Israel-Hamas war is being remembered as kind
RFK Jr. spent years stoking fear and mistrust of vaccines. These people were hurt by his work
Independent presidential candidate Robert F
