National

(Reuters) — Wayne LaPierre resigned as leader of the National Rifle Association on Friday, ending a long career during which the NRA became one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington, only to see its prestige tarnished by corruption allegations and a bankruptcy filing. LaPierre, 74, chief execu…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — When Charla Plaines saw the toll lead paint took on her granddaughter, she was able to get the hazardous substance scrubbed from her home thanks to a federally funded program that Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives want to cut. Black Americans, including Plaines…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Colorado voters seeking to bar Donald Trump from their state’s ballot urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to decide whether his role leading up to the Capitol attack disqualifies him from again holding the presidency, as a lower court found. The court filing, submi…

(Reuters) — New York City on Thursday filed a lawsuit accusing 17 bus companies of illegally transporting more than 33,000 migrants to the city from Texas as part of a campaign by the state’s Republican governor to expel people who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. The city is seeking $…

(Reuters) — Former President Donald Trump leads a pack of six candidates jostling to be the Republican presidential nominee in the 2024 election, while President Joe Biden faces little opposition in the Democratic Party in his campaign for a second term. Here is a timeline of events related to the …

(Reuters) — The longer natural gas prices stay lower in 2024 and drilling and related activity pulled back, the market could overshoot to both the downside and upside next year as it seeks to find an equilibrium, EQT’s financial head Jeremy Knop said. U.S. natural gas futures ended 2023 with …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The top Republican and Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives’ China committee on Thursday asked the Biden administration to consider adding China’s Quectel Wireless to a list of Chinese military companies. Inclusion on the Treasury Department list would ba…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Until three months ago, University of Pennsylvania psychology professor Michael Kahana said he had never felt the need to wear a yarmulke, or Jewish skullcap, to his classes. “It started Oct. 7. I now feel that if I don’t wear a yarmulke then my students might not …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A group of 33 senators on Thursday urged Tesla and 12 other automakers to remain neutral in ongoing efforts by the United Auto Workers (UAW) to organize U.S. auto plants. The letter, signed by Democrats Gary Peters, Ron Wyden, Dick Durbin, Patty Murray, Alex Padilla, Sherrod …

(Reuters) — A New York City teachers union filed a lawsuit against state and federal agencies on Thursday seeking to block a congestion pricing plan in the city from taking effect this year, arguing it will divert traffic and boost pollution in some areas. Among the defendants in the lawsuit are th…