Category Archives: National
Hopes fade for missing Texas flood victims as death toll hovers around 100
KERRVILLE, Texas (Reuters) -Search teams plodded through muddy riverbanks and flew aircraft over flood-ravaged central Texas on Monday as hopes dimmed of finding survivors among dozens still missing f...
Jul 08, 2025 A law enforcement member works in recovery operations following flooding on the Guadalupe River, in Camp Mystic, Hunt, Texas, U.S. July 7, 2025. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Man killed after firing at US Border Patrol station in Texas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A 27-year-old Michigan man was shot dead by U.S. Border Patrol agents after opening fire with an assault rifle on a U.S. Border Patrol station in the southern Texas city of McAll...
Jul 07, 2025 REUTERS
Planned Parenthood sues Trump administration over planned 'defunding'
(Reuters) -Planned Parenthood sued the Trump administration on Monday over a provision in President Donald Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill that would prevent its health centers from receiving Me...
Jul 07, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Activists for Planned Parenthood demonstrate as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in South Carolina's bid to cut off public funding to Planned Parenthood, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
Trump calls Musk's formation of new party "ridiculous" and criticizes his own NASA pick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Sunday called Elon Musk's plans to form a new political party "ridiculous," launching new barbs at the tech billionaire and saying the Musk ally he once...
Jul 07, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
U.S. close to several trade deals, announcements expected in coming days, Bessent says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is close to clinching several trade deals ahead of a July 9 deadline when higher tariffs were due to kick in, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sun...
Jul 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol as Republican lawmakers struggle to pass U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 27, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Death toll from Texas floods reaches 43; many still missing
(Reuters) - Some 43 people, including 15 children, have been confirmed dead following flash floods in central Texas, authorities said on Saturday as rescuers continued a frantic search for campers, va...
Jul 05, 2025 People stand near debris following flash flooding, in Kerrville, Texas, U.S. July 5, 2025. REUTERS/Marco Bello
White Sox icon Bobby Jenks passes away at age 44
REUTERS/Field Level Media - Bobby Jenks, a member of the 2005 Chicago White Sox World Series championship team, died after a battle with Stage 4 adenocarcinoma, a form of stomach cancer, on Friday, Ju...
Jul 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Bobby Jenks throws against the Houston Astros during the ninth inning of play in Game 1 of Major League Baseball's World Series in Chicago, October 22, 2005. The White Sox won 5-3 to go one up in the series. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/File Photo
Musk announces forming of 'America Party' in further break from Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The tattered bromance between Republican President Donald Trump and his main campaign financier Elon Musk took another fractious turn on Saturday when the space and automotive b...
Jul 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk speaks during a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Pope Leo takes first action to address abuse by Catholic clergy
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Leo on Saturday appointed a French archbishop as the new leader of the Vatican's commission on clergy sexual abuse, in the U.S. pontiff's first public move to confront an...
Jul 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV looks on during a meeting promoted by the Dicastery for the Clergy in Rome, Italy, June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
In July 4 ceremony, Trump signs tax and spending bill into law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed into law a massive package of tax and spending cuts at the White House on Friday, staging an outdoor ceremony on the Fourth of July holiday that to...
Jul 05, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump presents a sweeping spending and tax legislation, known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," after he signed it, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
