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(Reuters) — The U.S. Air Force’s B-21 “Raider” bomber shaped like a flying wing took its first flight on Friday, the next step in rolling out a new fleet of long-range nuclear-capable stealth bombers built by Northrop Grumman, according to a Reuters witness. The B-21 left Northrop…

GAZA (Reuters) — The United States on Friday expressed growing concern about the rising Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip where health officials said the number killed in a five-week-old Israeli bombardment had topped 11,000. Fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants escalated near…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Joe Biden will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping face-to-face for the first time in a year on Wednesday, the White House said, in high-stakes diplomacy aimed at curbing tensions between the world’s two superpowers. The closely watched interaction, on the sidel…

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that she agreed with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng to “intensify communication” on economic issues but warned him to crack down on Chinese companies that give material support to Russia for its war in Ukraine…

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Moody’s on Friday lowered its outlook on the U.S. credit rating to “negative” from “stable” citing large fiscal deficits and a decline in debt affordability, a move that drew immediate criticism from President Joe Biden’s administr…

(Reuters) — A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that the Biden administration lacked authority to adopt a regulation aimed at reining in privately made firearms called “ghost guns” that are difficult for law enforcement to trace. A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — A U.S. judge on Thursday approved JPMorgan Chase’s $290 million settlement with women who said Jeffrey Epstein abused them, and that the largest U.S. bank turned a blind eye to the late financier’s sex trafficking. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff called the deal R…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — The U.S. Education Department will press forward with a “secret shopper” program to help ensure that companies properly service student loans as millions of borrowers begin repaying debt that had been put on hold during the pandemic. “As we’re bringing f…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville prevented the approval of hundreds of military nominations on Thursday, continuing his blockade of promotions in protest over the Defense Department’s abortion policy. Democratic Senator Tim Kaine read the names of 364 military o…