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(Reuters) — An 18-wheel truck with a loaded flatbed slammed into a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) building on Friday, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others in what a county judge said was a deliberate act. “This incident was intentional and done by the suspect who …

(Reuters) — Donald Trump once again attacked his former lawyer Michael Cohen on Saturday, potentially testing the limits of a gag order that bars him from making public statements about witnesses concerning their testimony in his upcoming criminal trial in New York. In a post on his Truth Social pl…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Joe Biden on Saturday condemned Iranian attacks on military facilities in Israel, pledged a coordinated G7 diplomatic response and said the United States had helped Israel take down “nearly all” of the attacking drones and missiles. Biden, who cut short …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to reauthorize a controversial surveillance program on Friday, in a major step toward keeping a key element of the United States’ foreign intelligence-gathering operation in place. The House passed a bill rea…

(Reuters) — A solid majority of U.S. teachers go to work each day anxious that a shooting will unfold at their school, a trend that has paralleled the rising number of such incidents across the U.S., a report released on Friday showed. A Pew Research Center survey of about 2,500 teachers showed tha…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — U.S. energy shares are soaring as investors benefit from rising oil prices and a stronger-than-expected economy, while seeking to protect their portfolios from a feared resurgence of inflation. The S&P 500 energy sector is up about 17% in 2024, roughly doubling the broader …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Philippines is determined to assert its sovereign rights in the South China Sea, its foreign secretary said on Friday at a meeting with U.S. allies to show support for Manila over an increasingly fraught standoff with China in the strategic waterway. Speaking at the U.S. …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden hailed his administration’s efforts to close the racial wealth gap, one of the country’s most persistent inequalities, in a speech to Reverend Al Sharpton’s racial justice conference in New York on Friday. Biden, who is working to sh…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Donald Trump threw his support behind embattled U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday, seeking to demonstrate unity as Johnson struggles to quell dissent within his fractious Republican majority. “He’s doing a really good job under very toug…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States is deeply concerned by a decree issued by Mali’s junta halting political party activities, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday, calling on the military leaders to hold free and fair elections. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT The ruling party has already spa…