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US lawmakers seek testimony from five health insurers
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - U.S. House lawmakers have called on the chief executives of the some of the nation's top health insurers to testify before Congress later this month to discuss coverage a...
Jan 08, 2026
Exclusive-The Trump Administration killed a draft proposal to halve alcohol limits, sources say
By Emma Rumney and Jessica DiNapoli LONDON/NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Last spring, a group of officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was drafting a proposal to halve the reco...
Jan 08, 2026
Analysis-Market risk mounts as Supreme Court weighs Trump's emergency tariff powers
NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision on President Donald Trump's use of emergency tariff powers could jolt financial markets, especially if the justices strike down th...
Jan 08, 2026
Explainer-Can the ICE agent who shot a Minneapolis woman be prosecuted?
By Jack Queen and Tom Hals NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis on Wednesday amid President Donald...
Jan 08, 2026
US Senate to vote on reining in Trump on Venezuela
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is due to consider a resolution on Thursday that would block President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venez...
Jan 08, 2026
Trump team to pitch White House ballroom project to oversight body led by one of his aides
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The White House will make its case on Thursday for a new $400 million ballroom before a commission that oversees federal building construction in Washington...
Jan 08, 2026
Trump faces rare Republican opposition in Congress
By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday is expected to overturn two vetoes issued by President Donald Trump in a rare split between the Republ...
Jan 08, 2026
ICE fatal shooting of Minnesota woman puts US on edge
By Tim Evans , Tom Hals and Kanishka Singh MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The fatal shooting of a 37-year-old Minnesota mother by a U.S. immigration agent has put the city of Minneapolis and much of t...
Jan 08, 2026
Bessent, Lutnick and Wright to join Trump at Davos, source says
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Energy Secretary Chris Wright will join President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in...
Jan 07, 2026
Democrat congressman Steny Hoyer to retire after more than 40-year career, Washington Post reports
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Democratic congressman Steny Hoyer said he will not seek reelection, ending a more than four decade career in the U.S House of Representatives, The Washing...
Jan 07, 2026
