Category Archives: National
Rule changes approved for 2025 college football season
REUTERS/Field Level Media Rule changes coming to college football in 2025 include a crackdown on faking injuries and the addition of timeouts for extra periods. The National Football Foundation announ...
Aug 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Jan 19, 2025; Atlanta, GA, USA; The College Football Playoff National Championship logo on the field at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images/File Photo
Trump to host Kennedy Center Honor event as he expands his reach in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will host this year's Kennedy Center Honors ceremony after announcing a lineup of honorees he approved as part of his effort to r...
Aug 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attend "Les Miserables" opening night at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
Amazon adds perishable foods to same-day delivery to take on Instacart, Walmart
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Subscribers to Amazon.com's Prime service can now get strawberries, milk, meats and frozen dinners on the same day they order them as the company expands its fast-delivery option ...
Aug 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A downtown building is wrapped in Amazon Prime advertising ahead of Comic-Con International, in San Diego, California, U.S. July 22, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
USDA moves to end employee union contracts, documents show
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture moved on Tuesday to terminate union contracts with thousands of employees of its animal health and food safety inspection agencies, according t...
Aug 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Banners of U.S. President Donald Trump and President Abraham Lincoln reading "Growing America Since 1862" hang over the entrance to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
UPDATE: Ukraine's allies, after fears of sellout, signal hope for Trump-Putin talks
UPDATED 11:34 A.M. BERLIN/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine and its European allies on Wednesday signalled hope that U.S. President Donald Trump would push for a ceasefire at talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin ...
Aug 13, 2025 rench President Emmanuel Macron, Antonio Costa, President of the European Council, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot, and France's Minister of Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu attend a video conference with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, at Fort de Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, France, 13 August 2025. PHILIPPE MAGONI/Pool via Reuters
Israel says Gazans free to exit while Hamas attends Cairo ceasefire talks
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Militant group Hamas' chief negotiator held talks with Egyptian mediators over a potential ceasefire in the Gaza war on Wednesday while Israel struck the territory's main ci...
Aug 13, 2025 Palestinians, displaced by the Israeli offensive, shelter in a tent camp on a beach amid summer heat in Gaza City, August 12, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Russia tries to make sudden advance in Ukraine before Trump-Putin summit
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian forces have made a sudden thrust into eastern Ukraine near the coal mining town of Dobropillia, a move that may be an attempt to increase the pressure on Kyiv to give up land...
Aug 12, 2025 A still image, taken from footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry, shows what it said to be a Russian soldier raising a flag following the capture of Ukraine's Yablunivka (Yablonovka) settlement in the Donetsk region in the course of Russia-Ukraine military conflict, in this image from video released August 12, 2025. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
US consumer prices increase moderately in July; data quality concerns rising
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. consumer prices increased moderately in July, though rising costs for goods because of import tariffs led to a measure of underlying inflation posting its largest gain in si...
Aug 12, 2025 Shoppers try on shoes at a Footlocker store in New York City, U.S., May 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
Trump takes over DC police in extraordinary move, deploys National Guard in capital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department, an extraordinary ass...
Aug 12, 2025 A law enforcement vehicle stands in front of Union Station near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 11, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Update: Explosions at US Steel plant leaves two dead, 10 injured
Updated 10:53 p.m. (Reuters) -Multiple explosions on Monday at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh killed two people and injured 10 others, according to the company and local authorities. The blasts at...
Aug 11, 2025 U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works plant is seen after an explosion in Clairton, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 11, 2025 in this screengrab obtained from an aerial video. ABC Affiliate WTAE via REUTERS
