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U.S. job growth far below expectations in April amid labor shortages

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. employers hired far fewer workers than expected in April, likely frustrated by labor (More…)

Biden willing to accept 25% corporate tax rate to fund spending programs

By Trevor Hunnicutt

LAKE CHARLES, La. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said a corporate tax rate between 25% and 28% (More…)

Pentagon chief says removal of all contractors from Afghanistan under way

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday the process of removing (More…)

U.S. expands effort to allow in vulnerable migrants at Mexico border

By Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg and Ted Hesson

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The United States has begun rolling out a (More…)

Minnesota, Virginia join U.S. states easing COVID-19 restrictions

By Barbara Goldberg

(Reuters) – The governors of two more U.S. states said on Thursday they were lifting most restrictions (More…)

Results tally up billions in profit from Texas freeze for gas and power sellers

By Devika Krishna Kumar, Scott DiSavino and Jessica Resnick-Ault

(Reuters) – Natural gas suppliers, pipeline companies and banks that trade (More…)

Drugmakers say Biden misguided over vaccine patent waiver

By Stephanie Nebehay and Ludwig Burger

GENEVA/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Drugmakers on Thursday said U.S. President Joe Biden’s support for waiving patents (More…)

U.S. backs giving poorer countries access to COVID-19 vaccine patents, reversing stance

By Andrea Shalal, Jeff Mason and David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving (More…)

U.S. schools turn focus to mental health of students reeling from pandemic

By Maria Caspani and Hannah Beier

OREFIELD, Pa. (Reuters) – As COVID-19 upended education during the past year, Pennsylvania middle (More…)

Biden to visit storm-battered Louisiana to tout infrastructure spending

By Jarrett Renshaw

(Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Thursday will visit the Gulf Coast state of Louisiana, which has (More…)