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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. retirees and government benefits recipients will get a 3.2% increase next year, the federal government said on Thursday, announcing its smallest annual increase in three years after beneficiaries got a boost this year to keep up with inflation. The much-anticipated annou…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday nominated Steve Scalise to serve as speaker following last week’s ouster of Kevin McCarthy, according to two lawmakers. Scalise, who is the chamber’s No. 2 Republican, must still win approval f…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A group of New York state Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will introduce a motion to expel indicted fellow Republican George Santos from the chamber, two of the members said on Wednesday. The move comes a day after federal prosecutors filed 23 fresh criminal …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — The U.S. Department of Labor said on Tuesday it is disappointed by the closure of VU Manufacturing’s facility in the northern Mexican city of Piedras Negras, which it said failed to adhere to a labor rights remediation plan under a regional trade pact. VU Manufacturing…

(Reuters) — U.S. congressman George Santos was hit with additional criminal charges on Tuesday for inflating his campaign’s fundraising numbers in a bid to qualify for financial and logistical support from a Republican Party committee, prosecutors said. A 23-count superseding indictment filed…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives heard pitches on Tuesday from prominent party members Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan, who are vying for the powerful role of speaker, under mounting pressure from a war in the Middle East and another looming government s…

LONGMONT, Colorado (Reuters) — A Colorado prosecutor on Tuesday told jurors in closing arguments that two officers charged with manslaughter in the killing of Elijah McClain repeatedly and unreasonably assaulted the young Black man who died after a police stop in 2019. Defense attorneys, though, ar…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that at least 11 American citizens were among those killed in Israel following the weekend’s attacks by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Washington believes it is likely U.S. citizens are also among those being held hostage by Ha…

(Reuters) — Thousands of Las Vegas workers will picket MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment casinos on Thursday for the first time in nearly two decades, the unions said, as they contemplate a possible strike. The Culinary Workers and Bartenders Unions seek a new five-year contract with improved w…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. military is “surging” fresh supplies of air defenses, munitions and other security assistance to Israel to help it respond to an unprecedented weekend attack by Hamas, a senior U.S. defense official said on Monday. “Planes have already taken off,…