WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal budget deficit jumped 26% in November from a year earlier to $314 billion, a record for the month and the highest since March, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday, driven by sharply higher interest…
(This Dec. 8 story has been officially corrected by Performance Contractors to change the number of workers it currently employs and the number of current projects in paragraph 16) By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Biden administration's infrastructure…
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended in positive territory and gold slid on Monday, as investors looked ahead to crucial inflation data and the U.S. Federal Reserve's two-day monetary policy meeting. In a busy week for…
(Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday said its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) unit is planning to propose a long-awaited rule aimed at curbing money laundering in real estate in early 2024. The regulator is also aiming to issue…
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -A teenager who fatally shot four classmates two years ago at his high school outside Detroit was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Friday, following hours of harrowing testimony from his victims' grieving family…
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday narrowed but largely upheld a gag order that bars Donald Trump from assailing prosecutors, court staff and potential witnesses in a federal criminal case that accuses him of illegally…
By Gabriella Borter and David Morgan (Reuters) -More than 70 U.S. lawmakers on Friday demanded the governing boards of three of the country's top universities remove their presidents, citing dissatisfaction with their testimony at a hearing about antisemitism on campuses,…
By Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -The United States and China are yet to resume the military-to-military talks their leaders agreed to at a splashy summit last month, according to the White House, which wants…
By Leroy Leo and Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease, making one of them the first treatment in the United States based on the Nobel Prize-winning…
(Reuters) - McDonald's is set to test a smaller-format concept store called "CosMc's", which will sell cold beverages including flavored iced teas and slushes, as the fast-food giant charts out an ambitious growth plan. The first CosMc's location will open…