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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…

(Reuters) — Florida and LGBTQ advocates on Monday settled a lawsuit over a state law on classroom instruction that grants teachers freedom to discuss sexual orientation and gender identity while also shielding the youngest students from those topics. Both sides claimed victory. Equality Florida, on…

(Reuters) — The recently elected leadership of the Republican National Committee (RNC), backed by former President Donald Trump, has begun the process of pushing out 60 officials at the organization, according to a source familiar with the situation. RNC members voted last week to appoint North Car…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Biden administration said Monday it is seeking funding from Congress to hire another 2,000 air traffic controllers in the 2025 budget year after a series of near-miss incidents. A persistent shortage of controllers has delayed flights and, at many facilities, controllers …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. military said on Sunday it has carried out an operation in Haiti to airlift non-essential embassy personnel from the country and added U.S. forces to bolster embassy security, as the Caribbean nation reels under a state of emergency. The operation was the latest sign…