US and World News

By Paritosh Bansal (Reuters) -Something odd just happened in U.S. short-term funding markets: a benchmark interest rate suddenly fell precipitously on March 19 before bouncing back up the next day. …

By Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Behind the doors of a small, non-descript office in the heart of New Delhi lies the headquarters of an electoral trust run by just …

By Sarah McFarlane, Anousha Sakoui and Ron Bousso (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates’ state-owned oil company recently considered buying Britain’s BP but the deliberations did not progress beyond preliminary discussions, …

By Patricia Zengerle and John Geddie WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukraine risks collapsing under Russia’s onslaught without U.S. support, a disaster that could embolden China and spark a new crisis in East …

By Jeff Mason, Trevor Hunnicutt and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Long-simmering tensions between China and its neighbors took center stage on Thursday as leaders of the U.S., Japan and the …

By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -A large global survey issued on Friday showed a surge in despair and disillusionment with established politics, particularly among young American men, the only U.S. …

Entities the Pentagon classifies as “Chinese military companies” have spent more than $24 million lobbying the U.S. government since 2020, a Daily Caller News Foundation review of lobbying disclosures found. …

A federal agency did not reappoint a former Trump advisor to an elections advisory board after a left-wing activist group threatened to launch a public criticism campaign, according to emails …

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin delivered a subpoena to conservative activist Leonard Leo on Thursday as part of the committee’s investigation into Leo’s interactions with Supreme Court justices. Democrats …

A CNN reporter said Thursday that “many people” were “happy” with the 1995 acquittal of former NFL running back O.J. Simpson. Simpson, who was found “not guilty” of the murders …

President Joe Biden is on the precipice of moving to shut down new oil drilling activity on millions of acres of Alaskan land, according to Bloomberg. Biden is reportedly days …

Congressional Republicans will introduce legislation to repeal the Biden administration’s latest regulation that expands federal background checks for gun purchases, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. The Department of …

Enlisted troops could see an unprecedented bump to their base pay in the coming years under a plan Congress unveiled Thursday that could help recruiting and retention. The plan is …

Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana demanded the Pentagon give updated data on diseases rates that could show whether COVID-19 or the vaccine caused the illnesses to spike as side …

Gun-control advocate David Hogg got a crash course on the purpose of the Second Amendment from a Chinese immigrant in a video posted to social media Thursday. Hogg, a gun …

President Joe Biden’s new student loan forgiveness plan would cost tens of billions to implement on top of hundreds of billions that have already been proposed to address millions of …

Fox Business anchor Cheryl Casone pushed back Thursday on former Obama administration official Marie Harf’s attempt to blame companies for inflation. The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose by 2.1% year-over-year …

China’s soft power is slowly winning hearts and minds. You mostly see it in developing countries, while the West, India and Japan are not big fans. A recent poll by …

The Democratic-run city of Denver, Colorado, plans to defund its police department to pay for illegal immigrants. Denver, which is commonly referred to as a “sanctuary city,” announced on Wednesday that it …

Noted attorney Alan Dershowitz on Thursday reacted with sadness to his former client O.J. Simpson’s death. A criminal jury, in an October 1995 trial Dershowitz was involved in, acquitted Simpson …

“The View” co-host Joy Behar on Thursday took just a few minutes to compare former President Donald Trump to O.J. Simpson following the former football star’s death. Simpson reportedly died …

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Dave Graham GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland for all its snow-capped mountains and crisp Alpine air has failed to protect its people from the ravages of climate …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sam Bankman-Fried, facing the prospect of spending much of his adult life behind bars, on Thursday appealed his conviction and 25-year prison sentence for …

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea, Japan and the United States staged long-planned joint naval exercises involving an American aircraft carrier to ensure readiness against nuclear and missile …