Wall St rallies as earnings season boost offsets economy worries
By Sinéad Carew, Sruthi Shankar and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) – The tech-heavy Nasdaq led a Wall Street rally on Thursday…
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Security Council condemns Taliban ban on Afghan women working for UN
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The U.N. Security Council unanimously condemned on Thursday a Taliban administration ban on Afghan…
U.S. Senate panel seeks ethics details from Supreme Court -letter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Judiciary Committee called on U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts to provide details about the…
U.S. military leak suspect appears in court; had arsenal, prosecutors say
By Tim McLaughlin and Sarah N. Lynch WORCESTER, Massachusetts (Reuters) – A U.S. Air National Guardsman accused of leaking military…
US ramping up deportations and expanding legal pathways to deter border crossers
By Ted Hesson and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will ramp up deportations while also expanding legal pathways…
Democrats, Republicans dig in on debt-ceiling standoff after House action
By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate showed no sign of moving to avoid a…
U.S. appeals court upholds Florida voting law that judge found discriminatory
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld several Republican-backed voting restrictions in Florida, overruling a…
Wall Street notches biggest gain in months, Treasury yields rise on solid earnings
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed sharply higher on Thursday and Treasury yields resumed their climb…
US Equal Rights Amendment blocked again, a century after introduction
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday fell short of the votes needed to enshrine equal…
US economic growth slows in first quarter as businesses draw down inventories
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. economic growth slowed more than expected in the first quarter as an acceleration…