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  • Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) arrives at Democratic Party caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/ File Photo

    Factbox: What happens in a U.S. government shutdown?

    By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker and Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker, Reuters

    In shutdowns, nonessential government employees are furloughed, or placed on temporary unpaid leave. Workers deemed essential, including those dealing with public safety and national security, keep...

  • FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist holds prescription painkiller OxyContin at a local pharmacy in Provo

    Delaware Sues Opioid Manufacturers, Distributors Over Epidemic

    By Nate Raymond, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Delaware on Friday became the latest state to file a lawsuit accusing corporations of helping fuel the national opioid epidemic, suing a wide range of companies involved in making,...

  • usFILE PHOTO: A bulldozer moves coal at the Murray Energy Corporation port facility in Powhatan Point, Ohio

    Trump's Coal Job Push Stumbles in Most States

    By Valerie Volcovici, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's effort to put coal miners back to work stumbled in most coal producing states last year, even as overall employment in the downtrodden sector grew...

  • FILE PHOTO - Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin listens as U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a tax reform industry meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    Trump Tries to Sell Tax Reform to Democrats

    By David Morgan, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump intensified his efforts to sell Democrats on his tax reform plan on Wednesday even as Senate Republicans edged closer to passing a budget measure that...

  • FILE PHOTO: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson (L) listens to Representative Tom Marino (R-PA) (R) before a House Judiciary committee hearing on the 'Oversight of the US Department of Homeland Security' on Capitol Hill in Washington July 14, 20

    Trump's drug czar nominee withdraws from consideration

    By Sarah N. Lynch and Makini Brice, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. lawmaker who was President Donald Trump's pick for drug czar withdrew on Tuesday after a report he spearheaded a bill that hurt the government's ability to crack down...

  • CEO of DreamWorks Animation Jeffrey Katzenberg arrives for the New York Premiere of "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" in New York, in this file photo taken June 7, 2012. REUTERS/ Andrew Kelly/Files

    Hasbro in talks to buy DreamWorks Animation: source

    By Liana B. Baker and Ramkumar Iyer, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Hasbro Inc is in early talks to buy Hollywood studio DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc , a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. DreamWorks' shares closed up 14 percent at $25.52 on...

  • Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers remarks at a ceremony to unveil a portrait honoring retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

    Democrat Warren promoted as U.S. Congress selects party leaders

    By Amanda Becker and David Lawder, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats expanded the ranks of their party leadership on Thursday to include Senator Elizabeth Warren, a leader of the party's liberal wing and a possible...

  • U.S. trade groups seek White House help on West Coast port dispute

    By Lucas Iberico Lozada, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Representatives from major U.S. manufacturing and shipping trade groups met with White House officials this week to ask for a federal negotiator to intervene in a months-long labor...

  • FILE PHOTO - A Blackberry sign is seen in front of their offices on the day of their annual general meeting for shareholders in Waterloo, Canada in this June 23, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/Files

    BlackBerry signs up Samsung, others, in new mobile services push

    By Euan Rocha and Alastair Sharp, Reuters

    SAN FRANCISCO/TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry announced partnerships with Samsung Electronics Co <005930.KS> and other high-profile tech players on Thursday, broadening the reach of its new...

  • Newly elected speaker of parliament Oleksander Turchynov attends a session of the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev

    For billionaire Warren Buffett, P&G's tide has crested

    By Jonathan Stempel and Devika Krishna Kumar and Jennifer Ablan and Jonathan Stempel, Reuters

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co., one of Warren Buffett's top portfolio holdings, is about to lose the billionaire's influential backing at a time when it appears the company's own...