Jun 5, 2023 | Business, Economy, Politics, Top News
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a bill that suspends the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, averting what would have been a first-ever default with just two days to spare. The House of Representatives...
Jun 4, 2023 | Asia, Canada, Politics, Top News, US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese warship came within 150 yards (137 meters) of a U.S. destroyer in the Taiwan Strait in “an unsafe manner,” U.S. military officials said, as China blamed the United States for “deliberately provoking risk”...
Jun 3, 2023 | Elections, Politics, Top News, US
(Refiles to fix typo in word ‘want’ in para 14) By James Oliphant and Nathan Layne GILBERT, South Carolina (Reuters) – In the first full week of his 2024 presidential campaign, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis worked hard to define himself as a...
Jun 3, 2023 | Business, Economy, Elections, Politics, Top News, US
By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden declared a “crisis averted” on Friday in his first address from the White House’s Oval Office, touting the passage of a bill to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling and avoid...
Jun 1, 2023 | Economy, Elections, Politics, Top News, US
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kevin McCarthy earned his stripes as Republican speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, navigating fierce hardline opposition to pass a debt ceiling bill containing federal spending limits that President...
Jun 1, 2023 | Business, Economy, Elections, Politics, US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate is debating a bill brokered by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that lifts the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling while imposing spending caps and cuts on Biden’s plan to boost funding...
