Category Archives: National

Powerball jackpot grows to $1.3 billion after no one won the top prize Monday night
URBANDALE, Ia. - The Powerball jackpot just keeps growing...reaching $1.3 billion after no one matched all five numbers and the Powerball Monday night. Monday's winning numbers were: 8, 23, 25, 40 and...
Julia Bradley Sep 02, 2025 (Powerball)

EU says von der Leyen's plane GPS system was jammed, Russian interference suspected
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The GPS system of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's airplane was jammed while en route on Sunday to Bulgaria, where it landed safely, an EU spokesperson said on ...
Julia Bradley Sep 01, 2025 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, and Boyko Borissov, leader of GERB party, visit Bulgarian state arms company VMZ-Sopot, in Sopot, Bulgaria August 31, 2025. Bulgarian Government Press Office/Handout via REUTERS

Ukraine suspects Russia of assassinating former parliamentary speaker
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian officials said on Monday they suspected Russia of involvement in the murder of former parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy after a suspect was detained. National police head ...
Julia Bradley Sep 01, 2025 FILE PHOTO: SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB Investigators inspect the body of former Ukrainian parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy, who was killed this morning, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine August 30, 2025. REUTERS/Roman Baluk/File Photo

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani hospitalized after crash
(Reuters) - Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was hospitalized late Saturday evening after a car crash near Manchester, New Hampshire, a spokesman said. Giuliani suffered a fractured vertebrae ...
Ed Hammond Aug 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Former New York City Mayor and former lawyer for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani walks outside United States District Court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., January 3, 2025. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Photo

Trump says he will order voter ID requirement for every vote
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he will issue an executive order to require voter identification from every voter. "Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS...
Ed Hammond Aug 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting at the Oval Office, at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

Pope Leo pleads for end to 'pandemic of arms' after Minnesota shooting
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo, the first U.S.-born leader of the global Catholic Church, prayed on Sunday that God would "stop the pandemic of arms" after a mass shooting on August 27 at a Minnesot...
Ed Hammond Aug 31, 2025 Pope Leo XIV looks on, on the day of the weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican August 27, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo

White House moves forward on plans for a Department of War, WSJ Reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is advancing plans to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing a White House offi...
Ed Hammond Aug 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the White House as U.S. President Donald Trump's motorcade returns following a trip to Trump National Golf Club, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 20, 2025. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo

Chicago mayor says police will not aid federal troops or agents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chicago police will not collaborate with any National Guard troops or federal agents if U.S. President Donald Trump deploys them to the city in coming days as threatened, Mayor ...
Ed Hammond Aug 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson attends a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing to examine the jurisdiction of "sanctuary cities" and its impact on federal immigration policy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 5, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo

Bondi fires Justice Department employee for gesturing at National Guard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Department of Justice official on Friday for making a vulgar gesture to members of the National Guard deployed to Washington, D.C., on he...
Ed Hammond Aug 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Appropriations Justice Subcommittee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump's budget request for the Department of Justice, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 23, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

Judge halts Trump effort to expand fast-track deportations
(Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday halted Trump administration policies aimed at expanding fast-track deportations, ruling that they violate the constitutional due process rights of migrants who cou...
Ed Hammond Aug 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: An ICE agent speaks to people lined up to enter the U.S. Immigration Court, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., June 5, 2025. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo


