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(Reuters) — U.S. natural gas and power prices hit multi-year highs on Friday ahead of extreme cold that was expected to bring record gas demand while also cutting supplies by freezing wells. Lower gas supplies at a period of surging demand could test power systems in hard-hit areas. Winter storms i…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin should have told him about the illness that led to his hospitalization, but that he has still has confidence in the Pentagon chief. “Yes,” Biden said, when asked if it was lapse in judgmen…

(Reuters) — The United States and Britain on Friday defended to the U.N. Security Council the legality of strikes they launched against Yemen’s Houthis for attacking Red Sea shipping while Russia and China accused the Western allies of raising regional tensions. Russia called the U.S. and Bri…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — U.S. prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store in 2022, marking the first time the Biden administration has initiated capital punishment proceedings. The U.S. Justice Department in a co…

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) — Polling shows President Joe Biden is unlikely to suffer a setback in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary this month – but if he does, it will be because of voters like Tim Fitzpatrick. A supporter of Biden in 2020, Fitzpatrick, a 24-year-old college …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden would be willing to testify in a public hearing or a deposition if Republicans in the House of Representatives issued a new subpoena, his lawyer said on Friday. The offer, made in a letter to the chairs of the House Oversight …

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Donald Trump on Thursday accused the New York judge in his civil fraud trial of “having your own agenda” – and the judge told his lawyer to control his client – as a months-long case that could hobble the former U.S. president’s business empire cam…

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty on Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles to tax charges stemming from business dealings that have also prompted an impeachment probe of his father. Hunter Biden, 53, stands criminally accused of failing …

(Reuters) — Spending on political advertising in the U.S. is expected to jump 30% this year from the last presidential election in 2020, partly driven by higher spending on digital platforms, research firm Insider Intelligence estimated on Thursday. Political candidates have larger advertising budg…

(Reuters) — The chairwoman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday wrote to nine large automakers, including Elon Musk’s Tesla, seeking more information about their policies involving internet-connected car technology and domestic abuse. Cases of technology-enabled stalking …