Category Archives: National
Texas governor signs redistricting law, Missouri launches similar bid
(Reuters) -Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Friday signed a bill redrawing the state's congressional maps at the behest of President Donald Trump in an effort to flip five U.S. House seats from Democrats...
Aug 29, 2025 Texas Governor Greg Abbott looks on, during a press conference with U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (not pictured) at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 28, 2025. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee
Hearing ends without ruling on Trump's firing of Fed Governor Cook
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A court hearing on President Donald Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook ended on Friday with no immediate ruling from the judge hearing the unprecedented l...
Aug 29, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Lisa Cook testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on her nomination to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (for a second term), on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Trump moves to permanently cancel funding in rare move around Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has moved to unilaterally cancel $4.9 billion in federal funding authorized by Congress, escalating the fight over who controls the nation's spending. In a...
Aug 29, 2025 The U.S. Capitol building is pictured at sunset on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
Norway seeks to defuse clash with Trump ally over fund's Caterpillar exit
OSLO (Reuters) -Norway's prime minister said on Friday he had contacted U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham to try to defuse a controversy over a decision by the Norwegian sovereign fund to sell all its share...
Aug 29, 2025 Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store attends a Semi-annual summary press conference, in Oslo, Norway June 27, 2025. NTB/Cornelius Poppe via REUTERS/File Photo
Vance promotes spending bill in Wisconsin as Trump seeks rebrand
LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President JD Vance touted provisions favoring the working class in a tax and spending bill during a visit to Wisconsin on Thursday as the Trump administration...
Aug 28, 2025 U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrives at La Crosse Regional Airport before an event at Mid-City Steel, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S., August 28, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS
Russian missiles pound Ukraine, damage EU and British offices
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia pounded Ukraine with deadly missiles and drone strikes early on Thursday in a sweeping attack that the U.S. special envoy on Ukraine said undermined President Donald Trump's pea...
Aug 28, 2025 Rescuers work at the site of a building which was hit by a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 28, 2025. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Kennedy says CDC must deliver on Trump's agenda after White House fires director
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention needs to deliver on President Donald Trump's ambitions, a day after th...
Aug 28, 2025 U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Texas Governor Greg Abbott, hold a press conference at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 28, 2025. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee
Fed Governor Cook sues Trump after he attempted to fire her
(Reuters) -Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming U.S. President Donald Trump has no power to remove her from office, setting up a legal battle that could reset long-e...
Aug 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook attends the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's 2025 Jackson Hole economic symposium, "Labor Markets in Transition: Demographics, Productivity, and Macroeconomic Policy" in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, U.S., August 23, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
US weekly jobless claims fall amid low layoffs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell last week, but tepid hiring could raise the unemployment rate to 4.3% in August. Initial claims for stat...
Aug 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A "now hiring" sign is displayed outside Taylor Party and Equipment Rentals in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Shooter kills two Minneapolis schoolchildren in church, injures 17
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -Two children were killed and 17 other people were wounded on Wednesday at a Minneapolis Catholic school when a shooter dressed in black opened fire on students attending Mass on...
Aug 28, 2025 Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025. REUTERS/Ben Brewer
