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FILE PHOTO: A prospective buyer examines an AR-15 at the "Ready Gunner" gun store In Provo, Utah, U.S. in Provo, Utah, U.S., June 21, 2016. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo

House panel plans action on gun background check bill next week

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will take up legislation next week that (More...)

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House Democrats to test Republicans on Trump’s wall demand

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) arrives for a House Democratic party caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 9, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

By Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – On the 19th day of a partial U.S. government shutdown, Democrats were set on (More…)

Error in U.S. prisons law means well-behaved inmates wait longer for release

Inmates walk the hallways during a media tour of the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 7, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Makela/File Photo

By Sarah N. Lynch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. prisoners who were expecting earlier release for good behavior, thanks to a (More…)

Fed policymakers call for caution on further U.S. rate hikes

FILE PHOTO: A police officer keeps watch in front of the U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, U.S. on October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

By Jonathan Spicer and Howard Schneider

RIVERWOODS, Ill./CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Reuters) – Another clutch of U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers said on (More…)

In Oval Office speech, Trump demands a wall but does not declare emergency

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a televised address to the nation from his desk in the Oval Office, about immigration and the southern U.S. border on the 18th day of a partial government shutdown, at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

By Jeff Mason and Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump urged Congress in a televised speech on Tuesday (More…)

Iran says will not halt aerospace program despite U.S. warning

FILE PHOTO: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends India-Iran business forum in New Delhi, India, January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Iran will continue with its aerospace program despite U.S. warnings, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said (More…)

Kremlin says we won’t use detained ex-U.S. marine as a pawn

FILE PHOTO: Paul Whelan, a U.S. citizen detained in Russia for suspected spying, appears in a photo provided by the Whelan family on January 1, 2019. Courtesy Whelan Family/Handout via REUTERS

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected a British suggestion it might use a former U.S. Marine detained in (More…)

U.S.-China trade talks conclude as hopes of a deal build

FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are seen at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer

By Cate Cadell and Michael Martina

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese and U.S. teams ended trade talks in Beijing on Wednesday (More…)

Apple, Facebook propel Wall Street to three-week peak

By Noel Randewich

(Reuters) – The S&P 500 jumped to a three-week high on Tuesday, led by Apple, Amazon, Facebook (More…)

Prosecutors in ‘El Chapo’ trial play calls intercepted by FBI

By Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prosecutors in the trial of “El Chapo” Joaquin Guzman on Tuesday played excerpts (More…)

Boeing delivers record 806 aircraft in 2018, shares jump 4 percent

By Ankit Ajmera

(Reuters) – Boeing Co delivered a record 806 aircraft in 2018 as it overcame supplier woes, retaining (More…)