By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will shift emphasis away from his Build Back Better spending plan when he delivers his State of the Union address on Tuesday, focusing instead on a four-point plan to save the U.S. econ…
Sen. McConnell: No place in Republican Party for white supremacists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday that there is no place in the Republican Party for white supremacists or anti-Semitism, after two Republican lawmakers appeared at a white nationalist conference last w…
NYSE, Nasdaq halt trading in stocks of Russia-based companies
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nasdaq Inc and Intercontinental Exchange Inc’s NYSE have temporarily halted trading in the stocks of Russia-based companies listed on their exchanges, their websites showed. The halts were due to regulatory concerns…
California, Oregon and Washington to end school mask mandates
(Reuters) -California, Oregon and Washington will stop requiring masks in schools after March 11, but masks will remain required in higher-risk settings such as healthcare facilities, the governors said in a joint statement on Monday. The announcement …
Sport-Sporting bodies move to ban Russian athletes amid invasion of Ukraine
(Reuters) -As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continued on Monday, sporting bodies moved to bar Russian athletes from competing in international events, with FIFA and UEFA suspending Russia’s national teams and clubs from international football. The move …
No Russian ‘muscle movements’ after Putin’s nuclear readiness alert, U.S. says
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States still hasn’t seen any “muscle movements” following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s weekend announcement that he was putting his nuclear forces on high alert, a senior U.S. defen…
Olympics-IOC recommends banning Russian, Belarusian athletes from international events
By Manasi Pathak (Reuters) -The International Olympic Committee’s executive board has recommended sports federations to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from competing in events following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The IOC said the …
First criminal trial of accused U.S. Capitol rioter begins with jury selection
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The first criminal trial of a person accused of taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump’s supporters opened on Monday, with a judge screening potential jurors for bias. The defenda…
U.N. General Assembly set to isolate Russia over Ukraine invasion
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The 193-member United Nations General Assembly began meeting on the crisis in Ukraine on Monday ahead of a vote this week to isolate Russia by deploring its “aggression against Ukraine” and demanding Russi…
FIFA and UEFA suspend Russia from all competitions until further notice
(Reuters) – FIFA and UEFA have suspended Russia’s national and club teams from all competitions until further notice due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine, the bodies said in a joint statement on Monday. “Football is in full solidarity with all the …