By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated five new federal judges, but did not at this time move forward with a plan opposed by a growing number of Democrats and progressives to appoint a Republican abortion opponent to …
Ukrainian rockets hit Russian-held area as Kyiv readies southern counter-attack
By Tom Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Tuesday it had carried out a long-range rocket strike against Russian forces and military equipment in southern Ukraine, territory it says it is planning to retake in a counter-offensi…
Trump a ’76-year-old man’, ‘not an impressionable child,’ Jan. 6 panel told
By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers accused then-President Donald Trump on Tuesday of inciting a mob of followers to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a last-ditch bid to remain in power as Congress was…
NASA draws back curtain on Webb space telescope’s first full-color images
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman GREENBELT, Md. (Reuters) – NASA on Tuesday drew back the curtain on billions of years of cosmic evolution with the inaugural batch of photos from the largest, most powerful observatory ever launched to space, saying th…
Wall Street tumbles at close as worries mount ahead of CPI report
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street ended in negative territory on Tuesday as growing signs of recession kept buyers out of the equities market ahead of inflation data. While all three major U.S. stock indexes seesawed between modest gains…
U.S. court says FCC cannot make broadcasters check sponsors’ identities
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday struck down a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requirement that broadcasters check federal sources to verify sponsors’ identities. The court noted that the FCC had raised …
U.S. Attorney General names Colette Peters to lead Bureau of Prisons
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday named public safety and corrections veteran Colette Peters to lead the federal Bureau of Prisons, the office that oversees 150,000 inmates throughout the country’…
Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) – Ukraine said it had carried out a long-range rocket strike against Russian forces and military equipment in southern Ukraine, territory it says it is planning to retake in a counter-offensive using hundreds of thousands of troops. FIGHTING …
U.S. envoy sees ‘consequential shift’ in NATO, Asia ties amid China challenges
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – The recent attendance by four Asia Pacific leaders at the NATO summit reflects a “consequential shift” in the U.S. transatlantic security partnership which Washington seeks to expand to better counter China, a senior U…
How a band of activists helped bring down Sri Lanka’s government
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -In June, a few dozen activists started meeting regularly at a seaside tented camp in Colombo for hours-long sessions to think up ways to revive Sri Lanka’s flagging protest movement. The group…