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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A U.S. judge on Wednesday paused the federal case accusing Donald Trump of attempting to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election while the former president mounts an appeal claiming he is immune from the charges. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said Trump’…

(Reuters) — Larry Doby, who in 1947 became the second Black player to break baseball’s color barrier, leading the Cleveland Indians to a World Series championship the following year, was honored on Wednesday with Congressional Gold Medal. Hall-of-Famer Doby, who died in 2003, was posthumously…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday and U.S. central bank chief Jerome Powell said the historic tightening of monetary policy is likely over as inflation falls faster than expected and with a discussion of cuts in borrowing costs coming “into …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to formally authorize its ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, as Republicans unite behind the effort even though they have yet to find evidence of wrongdoing by the Democrat. The Republican-controlled cham…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — The Dow Jones industrial average hit its first record closing high since January 2022 and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rallied more than 1% each on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve signaled that its interest rate-hiking policy is at an end and that it sees lower borrowing cost…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Shares of Etsy Inc dropped on Wednesday after the e-commerce platform announced it would slash 11% of its workforce as it seeks to cut costs, pressured by weakening demand for handcrafted goods. Etsy will lay off 225 people, about 11% of total staff, and will incur financial ch…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The same day a crowd of Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, another mob gathered at the home of former Georgia election worker Ruby Freeman, she testified on Wednesday. The group in Georgia, far smaller than the crowd at the Capitol, was searchin…

BUENOS AIRES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Senior U.S. officials from the National Security Council and the Treasury will visit Argentina later this week, an important sign of support just days after libertarian President Javier Milei took office, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Deputy …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States has been coordinating with Beijing to arrange military-to-military talks, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, though it did not have any announcements on any talks. U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed last month at a closely watched Calif…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A U.S. congressional committee issued an extensive list of bipartisan recommendations on Tuesday to reset America’s economic ties with China, setting out legislative goals for 2024 that it said would prevent the U.S. from becoming the “economic vassal” of it…