18+ hour, 38+ min ago   (486+ words) By Bo Erickson, Chuck Mikolajczak and Padraic Halpin NEW YORK/DOONBEG, Ireland, Sept 13 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States can afford his promise to send $5,000 to every U.S. adult should his Republican Party keep control of…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (337+ words) LOS ANGELES, Sept 12 (Reuters) – An ESPN interview on Saturday with a Republican U.S. senator did not violate the Federal Communications Commission’s equal-time rule, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr ​said, days after the agency issued a warning to ‌another network about a…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (732+ words) By Bianca Flowers and Donna Bryson CHICAGO, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The secretary of the Smithsonian Institution announced on Tuesday that he was retiring after months of accusations from the Trump administration that the national museums he led portrayed a skewed and…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (326+ words) Sept 8 (Reuters) – Holtec is targeting a valuation of up to $10.2 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, the nuclear technology company said on Tuesday, as Wall Street ​kicks off its post-Labor Day dealmaking stretch. The Camden, New ‌Jersey-based company is…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (296+ words) ATHENS, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ruled out snap elections on Sunday a day after announcing a string of tax cuts ​and wage hikes, as he seeks to recover lost ‌ground in opinion polls ahead of a general…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (177+ words) ATHENS, Sept 5 – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced income tax breaks and wage increases for workers, pensioners and the self-employed ​on Saturday as part of a tax ‌reform worth billions of euros ahead of elections next year. The measures, with…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (567+ words) BUENOS AIRES, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Argentines have broadly backed President Javier Milei’s forceful push against oil drilling near the Falkland Islands, underscoring the enduring resonance of Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the British-controlled archipelago. In a televised address on Thursday, Milei said…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (338+ words) PARIS, Sept 5 (Reuters) – A plan agreed by Britain’s populist Reform UK party and France’s National Rally, aimed at sending asylum seekers who arrive in Britain in small boats back ​to France, drew criticism from several French presidential election candidates ‌on…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (578+ words) BOSTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Boston extended on Friday a ban stopping President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing a new U.S. Postal Service rule that would tighten mail-in voting requirements ahead of the November congressional elections. Boston-based…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (625+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court revived on Friday a federal policy giving party committees access to discounted TV and radio advertising rates long available to political candidates, as major Republican committees head toward the November midterm elections with…...