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Explainer-U.S. Senate’s reconciliation process: it’s not the way it sounds
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democrats are discussing using reconciliation, an arcane Senate procedural tool, to enact President Joe Biden's ambitious infrastructure plans, going beyo...
Jun 16, 2021
FOMC maintains stimulus, brings rate hike forecast forward to 2023
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday brought forward its projections for the first post-pandemic interest rate hikes into 2023, citing an improved health situation and dropping a long...
Jun 16, 2021
U.S. administers 312.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 312,915,170 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and distributed 375,186,675 doses in the country as of Wednesday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Jun 16, 2021
GM looking at longer-term supply contracts and partnerships related to chips – CFO
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co is looking at signing longer-term supply contracts or partnering with chip suppliers in the future to mitigate the impact it has seen from the global semiconducto...
Jun 16, 2021
Dollar jumps after Fed pulls interest rate hikes into 2023
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar jumped against a basket of currencies on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve brought forward its projections for the first post-pandemic interest rate hikes into 2023, ...
Jun 16, 2021
U.S. judge orders ‘Three Percenter’ charged in Capitol riot released on bail
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge ordered a California man tied to the right-wing "Three Percenter" militia movement to be released from jail while he awaits trial on charges of...
Jun 16, 2021
Southwest cancels hundreds of flights after computer-related stoppage
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines canceled nearly 300 flights Wednesday and delayed more than 500 a day after it was forced to temporarily halt operations over a computer g...
Jun 16, 2021
Putin says Russia, U.S. to launch nuclear arms control talks
GENEVA (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Moscow and Washington had agreed to launch nuclear arms control talks to build on the New START treaty, a cornerstone of glob...
Jun 16, 2021
Putin says satisfied with Biden explanation for calling him a “killer”
GENEVA (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that U.S. President Joe Biden had phoned him to explain why he had called him "a killer" in March and that the explanation he had ...
Jun 16, 2021
Colombian soldier in intensive care, two U.S. advisors hurt by car bomb
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian soldier was in intensive care and two U.S. military personnel sustained light injuries following a car bombing in the city of Cucuta attributed to l...
Jun 16, 2021
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