Category Archives: National
US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to stable labor market conditions, though sluggish hiring is making it ...
Jul 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A “Help Wanted” sign hangs in restaurant window in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
US appeals court blocks Trump's order curtailing birthright citizenship
(Reuters) -A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order curtailing automatic birthright citizenship is unconstitutional and blocked its enforcement nat...
Jul 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People protest on the day the Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments over U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict automatic birthright citizenship, outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 15, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Trump was told he is in Epstein files, Wall Street Journal reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Donald Trump in May that his name appeared in investigative files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Wall Stree...
Jul 24, 2025 A screen about the Jeffrey Epstein files is displayed at Times Square in New York City, U.S., July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Trump strikes tariff deal with Japan, auto stocks surge
WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump struck a trade deal with Japan that lowers tariffs on auto imports and spares Tokyo from punishing new levies on other goods in exchange for a $...
Jul 23, 2025 U.S. automaker General Motors' Cadillac vehicles are lined up at a vehicle storage yard at an industrial port, on the day U.S. President Donald Trump struck a trade deal with Japan that lowers tariffs on auto imports, in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Japan, July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Trump accuses Obama of treason in escalating attacks over 2016 Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of "treason" on Tuesday, accusing him, without providing evidence, of leading an effort to falsely tie him to Ru...
Jul 23, 2025 Former U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speak at an event in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 2025. Ricky Carioti/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Ex-doctoral student sentenced to life for Idaho killings, declines to make statement
BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) -The former criminal-justice doctoral student convicted in the 2022 stabbing deaths of four Idaho college students was formally sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison, but dec...
Jul 23, 2025 Bryan Kohberger, charged in the murders of four University of Idaho students, appears at the Ada County Courthouse, in Boise, Idaho, U.S., July 2, 2025. Kyle Green/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Doctoral student faces life term for Idaho killings, but motive may remain unknown
BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) -When relatives of four University of Idaho students stabbed to death in 2022 attend a court session on Wednesday to see a judge sentence the convicted killer, the outcome promi...
Jul 23, 2025 Bryan Kohberger, charged in the murders of four University of Idaho students, appears at the Ada County Courthouse, in Boise, Idaho, U.S., July 2, 2025. Kyle Green/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Trump to outline AI priorities amid tech battle with China
(Reuters) -The Trump administration is set to release a new artificial intelligence blueprint on Wednesday that aims to relax American rules governing the industry at the center of a technological arm...
Jul 23, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump stands after delivering remarks on AI infrastructure at the Roosevelt room at White House in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath's bat-biting frontman, dies aged 76, BBC reports
(Reuters) -Ozzy Osbourne, frontman of 1970s heavy metal band Black Sabbath, earned his infamy biting the head off a bat on stage and pursuing a drug-fuelled lifestyle before reinventing himself as a l...
Jul 22, 2025 Commonwealth Games - Closing Ceremony - Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, Britain - August 8, 2022 Ozzy Osbourne performs during the closing ceremony REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
US Justice Dept. asks Epstein associate Maxwell to speak to prosecutors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Justice Department has asked lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell if she would be willing to speak with U.S. prosecutors, and Deputy Attorney General Todd ...
Jul 22, 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. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
