Category Archives: National
US Congress Democrats to include healthcare initiative in their stopgap funding counter-proposal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Congress Democrats planned to unveil on Wednesday their version of legislation keeping the federal government fully operating beyond September 30, while also attaching healt...
Sep 17, 2025 U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) holds a press conference following the Senate Democrats weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Fed cuts rates by quarter of a percentage point, sees steady pace of cuts coming; only Miran dissents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday and indicated it will steadily lower borrowing costs for the rest of this year, as policym...
Sep 17, 2025 A Federal Reserve seal, during the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on interest rate policy at the Federal Reserve, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 17, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Fed expected to cut rates, update views of Trump economic plan with new projections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The most politically charged U.S. Federal Reserve meeting in years wraps up on Wednesday with broad expectations for a quarter-percentage-point interest rate cut that may spark d...
Sep 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve Building during the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on interest rate policy at the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz/File Photo
House Republicans eye $88 million for security post-Kirk killing in stopgap funding bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote this week on a stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown that will include $88 million to bolster security for federal official...
Sep 16, 2025 U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a press conference as members of Congress have two weeks to reach a deal to avert a looming partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Prosecutors to seek death penalty for suspect in Charlie Kirk assassination
PROVO, Utah (Reuters) - Utah prosecutors said on Tuesday they will seek the death penalty for the suspect in conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination, hours before he was due in court via vi...
Sep 16, 2025 Utah County Attorney Jeffrey S. Gray speaks during a press conference about the charges and next steps in the case of Tyler Robinson, who is suspected of fatally shooting U.S. right-wing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, in Provo, Utah, U.S., September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
US Border Patrol chief says 'many arrests' in Chicago immigration crackdown
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Gregory Bovino, a U.S. Customs and Border Control chief who played a prominent role in a deportation crackdown in Los Angeles, said his team has arrived in Chicago on Tuesday and ha...
Sep 16, 2025 U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino attends a press conference, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci/File Photo
Israel says 'Gaza is burning' as it launches ground assault
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel unleashed a long-threatened ground assault on Gaza City on Tuesday, declaring "Gaza is burning" as Palestinians there described the most intense bombardment they had...
Sep 16, 2025 Smoke rises from the evacuated Al-Ghefari tower, as it collapses after it was hit by Israeli air strikes, in Gaza City, September 15, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
US retail sales increase solidly; headwinds from softening labor market loom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in August as consumers bought a range of goods and dined out, but a weakening labor market and rising prices because of tariffs po...
Sep 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Shoppers browse a Walmart Supercenter, in Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S. April 3, 2025. REUTERS/Siddharth Cavale/File Photo
Luigi Mangione wins dismissal of some counts over killing US health insurance executive
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state judge dismissed on Tuesday two criminal counts against Luigi Mangione over the December 2024 killing of health insurance executive Brian Thompson, though the 27-y...
Sep 16, 2025 Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, is escorted at Manhattan Supreme Court on the day he appears on New York State murder and terrorism charges, in New York City, U.S., September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Robert Redford, screen idol turned director and activist, dies at 89
(Reuters) -Actor, director and producer Robert Redford, who was both the quintessential handsome Hollywood leading man and an influential supporter of independent films through his Sundance Institute,...
Sep 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Actor Robert Redford poses during a red carpet to receive a Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, September 1, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/File Photo
