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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday that would give TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app, or face a ban, in the greatest threat to the app since the Trump administratio…

(Reuters) — Hundreds of anti-war protesters demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and calling for an end to U.S. military assistance for Israel blocked the international terminal at the San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday. Footage from the scene showed protesters carrying banners with messages…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Donald Trump will stop short of blaming his lawyers for the conduct at issue in his upcoming trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, the former president’s current defense lawyers said in a filing made public on Tuesday. He will not formally assert …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Republican U.S. Representative Ken Buck will leave Congress at the end of next week, he said on Tuesday, blaming a “breakdown of civility” in a chamber led by his party’s slim and fractious majority. The earlier-than-planned exit of the 65-year-old Colorado …

(Reuters) — U.S. power consumption will rise to record highs in 2024 and 2025, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) on Tuesday. EIA projected power demand will rise to 4,099 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2024 and 4,128 billion kWh in 2025. …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The White House on Tuesday urged Hamas militants in Gaza to release women, elderly and wounded hostages and accept a temporary ceasefire in the fighting with Israel in order to secure a more lasting one. “A ceasefire is on the table today, for six weeks to be built on i…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden sketched his policy vision for a potential second four-year term on Monday, unveiling a $7.3 trillion election-year budget aimed at convincing skeptical Americans that he can run the economy better than Donald Trump. Biden wants to raise taxes by tril…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday finalized a rule requiring meat, poultry, or eggs labeled as a U.S. product to come from animals born, raised, slaughtered, and processed in the country. The rule, proposed last March, is a victory for U.S. ranchers who…

(Reuters) — New York Community Bancorp said on Monday it had closed the $1 billion capital infusion deal that was agreed last week with an investor group and plans to submit one-for-three reverse stock split of its common stock to shareholders. Joseph Otting, former Comptroller of the Currency in t…