By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Last year’s updated COVID-19 vaccines helped prevent severe outcomes including hospitalizations and deaths, according to data from a large study of U.S. military veterans published on Wednesday. Vaccinated veterans who developed COVID after receiving the 2024-2025 boosters from Moderna or Pfizer/BioNTech were also less likely to visit the emergency room for …
(Reuters) -Argentina’s friendly against Puerto Rico in the United States has been relocated from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale and rescheduled for Tuesday due to security and logistical concerns, organisers said on Wednesday. The match, originally set for Monday at Soldier Field, will now take place a day later at Chase Stadium in Florida, home of …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of a U.S. senator, the mother of a congressman and the sister-in-law of a slain president, has died at the age of 89, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Wednesday. A daughter of privilege who could trace her lineage back to one of the …
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By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of U.S. federal workers have been ordered not to report to work, while others have been told to stay on the job during the U.S. government shutdown, which started on October 1. Here is an overview of who has been furloughed at major government agencies, based on …
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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s unwarranted attacks on the integrity of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics were undermining trust in economic data and had accelerated retirements of key personnel at the agency, former BLS commissioners said on Wednesday. During a discussion at the libertarian Cato Institute, Erica Groshen and William Beach, …
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By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew Goudsward ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) -Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges in a case his lawyer described as a vindictive prosecution directed by President Donald Trump, whose first White House campaign was investigated by Comey. Throughout his political career, Trump has threatened to …
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By Andy Sullivan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -With Republicans and Democrats dug in to their respective positions, it is not clear when Congress will restore government funding and end a shutdown that started October 1. But lawmakers could come under increasing pressure to do so as the real-world effects of the shutdown mount. Here …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Democratic bill to fund the U.S. government and end a shutdown was falling short of the votes needed for passage in the Senate on Wednesday, as voting continued. (Reporting by Nolan McCaskill, Katharine Jackson)
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump plans to attend a White House roundtable on Wednesday to discuss the anti-fascist antifa movement, which he has called a domestic “terrorist organization” sponsoring left-wing political violence. Here is some background on antifa, and why it might be difficult for the Trump administration to follow through …
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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Some 58% of Americans – including seven in 10 Democrats and half of Republicans – think the president should send armed troops only to face external threats, a sign of unease as President Donald Trump increasingly deploys National Guard troops to police American cities, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The poll, …
