Category Archives: National
Outline emerges of Putin's offer to end his war in Ukraine
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia would relinquish tiny pockets of occupied Ukraine and Kyiv would cede swathes of its eastern land which Moscow has been unable to capture, under peace proposals discussed by ...
Aug 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Servicemen of 39th Separate Coastal Defence Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops in a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson region, Ukraine March 23, 2025. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko/File Photo
Zelenskiy to travel to Washington on Monday for talks with Trump
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he would travel to Washington on Monday for talks with Donald Trump, after the U.S. president's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin failed...
Aug 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a press conference in Berlin, Germany, August 13, 2025. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/ File Photo
Exclusive-ESPN will not air Spike Lee's docuseries on Colin Kaepernick, network and filmmaker say
BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - Director Spike Lee's multi-part docuseries for ESPN Films about former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who sparked a national debate when he protested racial in...
Aug 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Colin Kaepernick puts his hand over his heart in response to a comment at a special training event created by Kaepernick to provide greater access to scouts, the media, and the public, at Charles. R. Drew High School in Riverdale, Georgia, U.S., November 16, 2019. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
Erin strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane, NHC says
(Reuters) - Hurricane Erin, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, has become a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday. The storm is currently...
Aug 16, 2025 Hurricane Erin, which is the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season and has developed into a dangerous Category 4 hurricane, moves westward near Puerto Rico in a composite satellite image August 16, 2025. CIRA/NOAA/Handout via REUTERS
Melania Trump sends letter to Putin about abducted children
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, raised the plight of children in Ukraine and Russia in a personal letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, two White ...
Aug 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. first lady Melania Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/ File Photo
Redistricting fight continues as Texas Governor Abbott calls new special legislative session
(Reuters) -Texas Governor Greg Abbott called a second special legislative session on Friday, hiking pressure on Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to stymie Republican plans to redraw political m...
Aug 15, 2025 The U.S. and Texas state flags flutter on the day of a special session of the Texas House after Democratic lawmakers left the state to deny Republicans the opportunity to redraw the state's 38 congressional districts, in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 14, 2025. REUTERS/Sergio Flores
Dow hits record high at open on rate-cut optimism, UnitedHealth boost
(Reuters) - The blue-chip Dow opened at a record high on Friday, as UnitedHealth's shares jumped after Berkshire Hathaway raised its stake in the health insurer, while expectations of an interest rate...
Aug 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 14, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Washington D.C. attorney general sues to stop federal takeover of police department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Washington, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's attempt to take control of the district's police department, i...
Aug 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Police detain a person in the Brightwood neighborhood after U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of the federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department under the Home Rule Act and the deployment of the National Guard to assist in crime prevention in the nation's capital, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 14, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
California Democrats launch redistricting campaign to counter Texas 'power grab'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -California Governor Gavin Newsom led a campaign-style rally on Thursday for a redistricting plan to foil what he called President Donald Trump's bid to rig the next congressiona...
Aug 15, 2025 California Governor Gavin Newsom, along with local congressional representatives, state officials and supporters, speaks as he announces the redrawing of California's congressional maps, calling on voters to approve a ballot measure, in response to a similar move in Texas being supported by U.S. President Donald Trump, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 14, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Trump wants to extend federal control over Washington police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would ask the Republican-controlled Congress to extend federal control of Washington's city police force beyond 30 days, escalati...
Aug 14, 2025 Federal agents, including U.S. Marshals and the FBI, along with Metropolitan Police, patrol on Kennedy Street NW, after U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement to deploy the National Guard and federalize the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 12, 2025. REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak
