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The armed man fired at a Secret Service agent, an FBI official told Reuters. About two hours after the incident, Trump told reporters at the White House that the officer was saved by his bulletproof vest and is in “good shape.”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Department of Justice is closing its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said on Friday, removing an obstacle ​to the confirmation of Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the central bank.

BRIGHTON, Michigan (Reuters) — Tom Barrett tapped into voter frustration over high gas prices as part of his successful 2024 run for Congress in Michigan. Now the Republican is on the defensive on that same issue as Democrats see an opportunity to flip his seat.

WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) — President Donald Trump said he would indefinitely extend the ceasefire with Iran to allow for further peace talks, although it was not clear on Wednesday if Iran or Israel, the U.S. ally in the two-month war, ​would agree.

DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Iran is considering attending peace talks with the United States in Pakistan, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday, following moves by Islamabad to end a U.S. blockade of Iran’s ports, ​a significant obstacle to Tehran rejoining peace efforts as the en…

(Reuters) — A gunman killed seven of his ‌children and an eighth minor in a domestic violence incident on Sunday in Shreveport, Louisiana, before police fatally shot him during a vehicle chase, authorities said.

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) — Iran’s top negotiator said recent talks with the U.S. had ​made progress but gaps remained over nuclear issues and the Strait of Hormuz, while President Donald Trump cited “very good conversations” with Tehran despite warning against “blackma…

“To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, ‌I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past,” Swalwell wrote in a post on X, without elaborating. “I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that’s my fight, not a campaign’…

Trump said in a post on social media the U.S. would take action against ​every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran, and begin destroying mines that he said the Iranians had dropped in the Strait, a choke point for about 20% of ​global energy supplies that Iran has blocked.

Each side blamed the other for the failure of the 21-hour negotiations to end fighting that ‌has killed thousands and sent global oil prices soaring since it began over six weeks ago.