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(This Jan. 30 story has been corrected to specify that Whitaker was a passenger in the fire department vehicle, not the driver, in paragraphs 1 and 4) By Alyssa Pointer MEMPHIS,...

By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday celebrated the planned replacement of a 150-year-old tunnel in Baltimore,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative George Santos, who has admitted to fabricating much of his resume, told fellow Republican lawmakers on Tuesday he would not serve on...

(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden aims to press House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to commit to preventing the US from defaulting on its debt in a sit-down meeting Wednesday, and to...

By Mike Scarcella and Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton must face an ethics lawsuit by state attorney regulators over a case he brought challenging...

By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) -A grand jury is hearing evidence in New York over former President Donald Trump's role in hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address after Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in a speech that...

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Women whose employers have opted out of covering contraceptives under their health insurance plans on religious grounds would gain...

By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) -Delaware's governor agreed Monday to consider judicial candidates who have no political affiliation or belong to minor parties, ending a...

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican head of a key U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Monday that he will pursue bipartisan legislation to better...

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday blocked New Jersey's recently enacted bans on carrying guns at beaches or casinos, though she left in place other...

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The mother and stepfather of Tyre Nichols, the Black man who was fatally beaten by Memphis police officers, have accepted an invitation to...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday the United States needs to "pick up the pace" on its efforts to modernize aviation computer systems...

By Katharine Jackson and Ahmed Aboulenein (Reuters) - The attorney representing the family of Tyre Nichols, the Black man who was fatally beaten by Memphis police officers, called...

By Gram Slattery and Ted Hesson COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump hit the campaign trail on Saturday for the first time since announcing his...

By Maria Cardona and Diane Bartz MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) -The specialized police unit that included the five Memphis officers charged with the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols was...

By Alyssa Pointer and Steve Gorman MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) -Tyre Nichols repeatedly cried, "Mom! Mom!” as the five Memphis police officers now charged with the Black motorist's...

(Reuters) - (Note language in entry for 8:34 p.m. that readers may find offensive) Memphis police beat, tased, kicked and batoned Tyre Nichols during a Jan. 7 traffic stop, video...

(Reuters) - President Joe Biden said he was "outraged" and "deeply pained" after watching a violent encounter between Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, and the five police...

By Nathan Frandino and Gram Slattery SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -San Francisco authorities released video footage on Friday of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The House Foreign Affairs Committee plans to hold a vote next month on a bill aimed at blocking the use of China's popular social media...

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The man who carried out a pepper-spray attack on a U.S. Capitol Police officer who died the day after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was sentenced...

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A North Carolina man who faced criminal charges after claiming he had a bomb in his truck parked near the U.S. Capitol in 2021 pleaded...

By Tim Reid DANA POINT, Calif. (Reuters) -The Republican National Committee reelected Ronna McDaniel to a fourth term as chairwoman, giving a mandate that would keep the Donald...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday picked his former COVID-19 policy coordinator, Jeff Zients, to be the next White House chief of staff, citing his expertise in...

(Reuters) -Former Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday he had not been aware that classified documents were at his Indiana home and said he takes "full responsibility" for the...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The man who carried out a pepper-spray attack against a U.S. Capitol Police officer who died the day after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was sentenced on Friday to...

By Jeff Mason and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Flags are lowered, sorrowful statements are issued, pleas to lawmakers are made, again. In the wake of two mass shootings in...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Friday was monitoring the situation in Memphis on Friday ahead of the release of a video in the death of Tyre Nichols while in police...

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A coalition of 25 U.S. states led by Texas and Utah filed a lawsuit seeking to strike down a Biden administration rule allowing retirement plans to...

(Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the only solution to avoid a US default crisis is for Congress to increase the federal debt limit, avoiding engaging with other...

(Reuters) - President Joe Biden named businessman and former COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients to become his second White House chief of staff on Friday, replacing Ron...

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will host a summit at the White House on Friday to speed up the removal of lead pipes across America - an...

By Jarrett Renshaw and Jeff Mason (Reuters) -U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan is considering stepping down, according to four sources familiar with...

By Tim Reid WEARE, New Hampshire (Reuters) - When Donald Trump trounced his Republican rivals in New Hampshire's 2016 primary, the stunning win announced to other states the...