By Ted Hesson and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will ramp up deportations while also expanding legal pathways for would-be migrants as it braces for a possible spike in illegal border crossings when COVID-19 restrictions are set to end next month, U.S. officials said on Thursday. The U.S. will double or triple the…
By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate showed no sign of moving to avoid a looming debt-ceiling crisis on Thursday, as Republicans rejected calls to raise the $31.4 trillion limit without conditions and Democrats dismissed the idea of talks. A day after the House of Representatives approved a Republican package…
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld several Republican-backed voting restrictions in Florida, overruling a lower court judge who had found the laws intentionally discriminated against minority voters. In a split 2-1 decision, a panel of judges at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the evidence did not…
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed sharply higher on Thursday and Treasury yields resumed their climb as strong earnings helped investors look past signs of economic weakness. All three major U.S. stock indexes surged in a broad rally, with megacap tech and tech-related companies boosting the Nasdaq to its biggest one-day…
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday fell short of the votes needed to enshrine equal rights for women in the Constitution, a century after a guarantee of gender equality was proposed in Congress. With a 51-47 vote in favor, Senate Democrats and supporters were nine votes shy of the 60…
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. economic growth slowed more than expected in the first quarter as an acceleration in consumer spending was offset by businesses liquidating inventories in anticipation of weaker demand later this year amid higher borrowing costs. The first decline in private inventories in 1-1/2 years reported by the Commerce Department…
By Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Russia’s domestic security service FSB and the intelligence unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) accusing them of being responsible or complicit in the wrongful detention of Americans overseas. The sanctions also targeted four senior commanders within IRGC’s IO,…
By Patricia Zengerle and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol told U.S. lawmakers on Thursday it is necessary to speed up trilateral cooperation with Japan and the United States to counter increasing North Korean nuclear threats, and said the world must not “shy away” from promoting freedom for the North. Yoon,…
By Dedi and Hayun JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Jerusalem on Thursday to show support for controversial planned legislation by the far-right coalition government which would see the country’s highest court stripped of much of its powers. Israelis remain polarised over the planned legislation that proponents say would restore balance…
By Matt McKnight (Reuters) – As wildfire season approaches, U.S. officials along the West Coast are working hard to mitigate risks with prescribed burns, while a widespread educational campaign is underway to create buffers around fire-prone homes. In Washington state, Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Hillary Franz is working on reversing negative perceptions surrounding prescribed…
