US and World News

By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will briefly visit Papua New Guinea (PNG) on May 22, officials from the Pacific island nation said on Thursday, as Washington seeks …

(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump has lost an appeal to block former Vice President Mike Pence from testifying in the special counsel probe into efforts to overturn the …

By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force has suspended two commanders from the National Guard unit where accused classified intelligence leaker Jack Teixeira served, a USAF spokesman said …

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nadine Awadalla KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s army and a paramilitary force battled on Khartoum’s outskirts on Wednesday, undermining a truce in their 11-day conflict, but the army …

By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – Former Fox News star Tucker Carlson surfaced publicly on Wednesday for the first time since abruptly leaving the network this week, releasing a videotaped statement …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A decorated U.S. Air Force veteran who was an associate of Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon was sentenced on Wednesday to 4-1/4 years …

(Reuters) – Russian forces pounded the city of Bakhmut, the months-old focal point of their attempts to capture the eastern Ukrainian industrial region of Donbas, and the head of Russia’s …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed a complaint challenging a new Tennessee law that bans doctors from providing gender-affirming medical treatment such as …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla and social media platform Twitter, discussed artificial intelligence issues and electric vehicles with U.S. Senate …

By Jonathan Stempel and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A writer explained in graphic detail on Wednesday how Donald Trump allegedly raped her nearly 30 years ago, at a …

By Duncan Miriri MALINDI, Kenya (Reuters) – The leader of a Kenyan cult told his followers the world would end on April 15 and instructed them to starve themselves to …

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A jury on Wednesday convicted Grammy Award-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of The Fugees hip hop group on criminal charges that he conspired with …

By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -Walt Disney Co sued Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, asking a court to overturn state efforts to control Disney World and …

(Reuters) -The U.S. health regulator on Wednesday approved Seres Therapeutics Inc’s pill for treating a type of bacterial infection, giving an easier and standardized option to patients who often have …

By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) – Former U.S. appeals court judge and prominent conservative J. Michael Luttig on Wednesday said he believes U.S. Supreme Court justices should “be bound by higher …

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden suggested on Wednesday that he could defeat Donald Trump again in a 2024 rematch, and warned the former …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday urged CEOs of several artificial intelligence (AI) companies to prioritize security measures, combat bias, and responsibly …

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday urged a U.S. appeals court to overrule a conservative Texas-based judge’s order that would essentially ban the abortion pill mifepristone …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If U.S. President Joe Biden were to be presented with Republican House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s spending and debt bill, he would veto it, the White …