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PUEBLO, Colorado (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday Israeli-American hostage Liat Beinin had been released by Hamas after being abducted during the militant group’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7. Biden said Beinin had crossed the Gaza border and was safe in Egypt. Beinin was …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The chief executives of social media companies Meta, X, TikTok, Snap and Discord will testify on online child sexual exploitation at a Jan. 31 U.S. Senate hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee said on Wednesday. Senator Dick Durbin, the panel’s Democratic chairman and…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. congressional armed services committee leaders vowed on Wednesday that a must-pass $886 billion defense policy bill will be enacted this year, despite disputes over social issues dividing Republicans and Democrats. “I’m optimistic we will find a reasonable co…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said on Wednesday that an easing of inflation pressures has given the U.S. central bank time to decide the next move in its monetary policy path. “While it is still above our 2 percent goal, there has been discernible pro…

(Reuters) — U.S. economic activity slowed from early October through the middle of November, while businesses reported inflation largely moderated and it was easier to hire workers, the Federal Reserve said in a report on Wednesday, underscoring waning economic momentum into the tail end of the yea…

(Reuters) — UnitedHealth Group on Tuesday forecast 2024 profit broadly in line with Wall Street expectations, indicating that medical costs are likely to remain elevated for the health insurance giant. The healthcare sector has this year seen a recovery in demand, especially among older patients wh…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it had adopted a new aircraft certification policy requiring key flight control design changes to be considered “major” like the system involved in two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019. In late 2020,…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A senior Republican lawmaker, expressing concern for the gun manufacturing industry, on Tuesday asked the Biden administration to turn over records about its Oct. 27 decision to temporarily stop issuing export licenses for most civilian firearms and ammunition. Representative…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Federal Reserve policymakers look increasingly comfortable closing out the year with U.S. interest rates on hold and the clock ticking on how soon to deliver a first rate cut as they try to engineer a “soft landing” for the economy. “Inflation rates are movi…

(Reuters) — The Biden administration on Tuesday said it raised $3.4 million from a sale of oil and gas drilling rights in Wyoming, the first in a series of such sales that will coincide with a United Nations’ conference aimed at combating fossil fuel-driven climate change in Dubai. The Interi…