Category Archives: National
Trump says he will take control of DC police, deploy National Guard to US capital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to the U.S. capital and putting Washington's police department under federal control to combat wh...
Aug 11, 2025 Protesters gather near the White House, as U.S. President Donald Trump announced he is placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control and deploying National Guard troops to Washington, D.C, in Washington D.C., U.S., August 11, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Epstein partner Ghislaine Maxwell's grand jury records to remain sealed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge denied on Monday the Justice Department's bid to unseal records from the grand jury that indicted the late financier Jeffrey Epstein's partner Ghislaine Maxwell on se...
Aug 11, 2025 Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell stands at the podium to address Judge Alison Nathan during her sentencing in a courtroom sketch in New York City, U.S. June 28, 2022. Maxwell was convicted on December 29, 2021 on five of the six counts she faced for helping the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
Israel steps up Gaza City bombing after Netanyahu vow to expand offensive
CAIRO (Reuters) -Palestinians reported the heaviest bombardments in weeks on Monday in areas east of Gaza City, just hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected to complete ...
Aug 11, 2025 Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinians from Irheem family, who were killed in an overnight Israeli strike, according to medics, in Gaza City August 11, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Landmark trial kicks off over Trump's use of US military in policing role
(Reuters) -A landmark trial kicks off on Monday over the Trump administration's use of National Guard troops to support its deportation efforts and quell protests in Los Angeles, in a legal challenge ...
Aug 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Members of the California National Guard stand guard at the Paramount Business Center parking lot a day after clashes between protesters and law enforcement following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in the Los Angeles County city of Paramount, California, U.S., June 8, 2025. REUTERS/Jill Connelly/File Photo
Trump and Putin to meet to discuss Ukraine peace deal in Alaska
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15 in Alaska to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, Trump said on Friday. Trump made th...
Aug 09, 2025 FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo/File Photo
California escalates Texas redistricting fight with November ballot measure
(Reuters) -California's governor said on Friday he will ask voters to approve a ballot measure in November redrawing the state's congressional map in a way likely to create five more Democratic seats,...
Aug 08, 2025 Texas Lawmakers watch the roll call tally during the fifth session without quorum since Democratic lawmakers left the state to deny Republicans the opportunity to redraw the state's 38 congressional districts, at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, U.S. August 8, 2025. REUTERS/Nuri Vallbona
Jim Lovell, commander of NASA's Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis for the h...
Aug 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell (L to R), former NASA Administrator Dan Goldin, Sen. John Glenn and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden talk at a private memorial service celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong at the Camargo Club in Cincinnati, Ohio in this August 31, 2012 NASA handout photo/File Photo
Texas Republicans restrict pay for missing Democrats in redistricting dispute
(Reuters) -Texas Republicans on Friday sought to increase the pressure on more than 50 Democratic lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a new congressional map, announcing that absent stat...
Aug 08, 2025 Texas House of Representatives House Speaker Dustin Burrows gavels in on the fourth day legislators lacked a quorum because Democratic lawmakers left the state denying Republicans the opportunity to redraw the state's 38 congressional districts, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 7, 2025. REUTERS/Nuri Vallbona/File Photo
Justice Dept probes NY case against Trump, AG James blasts 'weaponization'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department is investigating New York Attorney General Letitia James over her civil fraud case against President Donald Trump, a person familiar with the probe to...
Aug 08, 2025 New York Attorney General Letitia James holds a press conference in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., February 16, 2024. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Photo
Trump officials will not face contempt over Venezuela deportations, appeals court rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court overturned on Friday a lower court's ruling that found probable cause to hold Trump administration officials in contempt of court over their handling of the ...
Aug 08, 2025 Venezuelan migrants arrive after being deported from U.S., at Simon Bolivar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Venezuela June 17, 2025. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
