Category Archives: National

Trump administration sued by US states for cutting disaster prevention grants
(Reuters) -A group of 20 mostly Democrat-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to block the administration of President Donald Trump from terminating a multibillion-dollar grant program...
Julia Bradley Jul 16, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump walks upon his arrival from Pennsylvania, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., July 15, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

US says it has sent third-country deportees to Southern Africa's Eswatini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Homeland Security Department said on Tuesday a deportation flight carrying immigrants from different countries had landed in Eswatini, in a move that follows the U.S. Su...
Julia Bradley Jul 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The seal of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seen after a news conference in Del Rio, Texas, U.S., September 19, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File photo

Trump joins tech and energy executives amid AI push
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -President Donald Trump will join executives from some of the largest U.S. tech and energy companies for a summit in Pittsburgh on Tuesday as the administration prep...
Julia Bradley Jul 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A car drives past a building of the Digital Reality Data Center in Ashburn, Virginia, U.S., March 17, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

US consumer prices pick up in June; underlying inflation still tame
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. consumer prices increased by the most in five months in June amid higher costs for some goods, suggesting tariffs were starting to have an impact on inflation and potentiall...
Julia Bradley Jul 15, 2025 Shoppers cross the intersection of Broadway and Spring Street in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, U.S., September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo

US Senate to vote on Trump funding cuts as deadline looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will begin voting as soon as Tuesday on President Donald Trump's request to slash $9.4 billion in spending on foreign aid and public broadcasting previously appro...
Julia Bradley Jul 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is seen as a thunderstorm rolls through Washington, D.C., U.S., July 1, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

Texas flood death toll rises to 131 as new storms loom
(Reuters) -The official tally of storm-related deaths across Texas rose to 131 on Monday as authorities warned of yet another round of heavy rains 10 days after a Hill Country flash flood that transfo...
Julia Bradley Jul 15, 2025 Rescuers help a stranded person following a flood in McGregor, Texas, U.S., July 13, 2025, in this screen grab taken from a video. McGregor Volunteer Fire Department/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

US Supreme Court clears way for Trump to gut Education Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump's administration to resume dismantling the Department of Education, part of his bid to shrink the fede...
TJ Carson Jul 14, 2025 A view of the U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 1, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon

Trump to send weapons to Ukraine, threatens secondary sanctions on Russia in 50 days
KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump announced new weapons for Ukraine on Monday, and threatened to hit buyers of Russian exports with sanctions unless Russia agrees a peace deal in ...
TJ Carson Jul 14, 2025 A view shows buildings damaged during Russian drone and missile strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine July 12, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Kentucky church shooting leaves three dead, including suspect
(Reuters) -A gunman killed two women at a church in Kentucky and shot and wounded a state trooper outside an airport on Sunday before police were able to shoot him to death, authorities said. The wome...
Julia Bradley Jul 14, 2025 fergregory / Depositphotos.com

U.S. Senate report faults Secret Service discipline after Trump shooting
(Reuters) - A U.S. Senate report released on Sunday said a "cascade" of failures allowed a gunman to shoot at Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year and faulted Secret Service discipline inclu...
Ed Hammond Jul 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump is assisted by the Secret Service after gunfire rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo


