Category Archives: National
At least 24 dead in Texas flash flooding; two dozen young campers missing
(Reuters) -Torrential rains unleashed flash floods along the Guadalupe River in Texas on Friday, killing at least 24 people as rescue teams scrambled to save dozens of victims trapped by high water or...
Jul 05, 2025 First responders survey rising flood waters of the Guadalupe River after flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas, U.S. July 4, 2025 in a still image from video. ABC Affiliate KSAT via REUTERS
Hamas leaders to discuss Gaza truce proposal as Trump awaits reply
TEL AVIV/CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas leaders were due to discuss what U.S. President Donald Trump has called a "final proposal" for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza on Friday evening, two sources from the Islami...
Jul 04, 2025 A Palestinian looks on at the site of Thursday's Israeli strike that damaged and destroyed residential buildings, at Shati (Beach) refugee camp, in Gaza City, July 4, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill wins congressional approval
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's tax-cut package cleared its final hurdle in the U.S. Congress on Thursday, as the Republican-controlled House of Representatives narrowly approved the ma...
Jul 03, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view shows the dome of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
US job growth beats expectations in June, unemployment rate dips to 4.1%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth was solid in June while the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 4.1%, suggesting the labor market remained stable and potentially allowing the Federal Reserve...
Jul 03, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File photo
US House Republicans head toward final vote on Trump's sweeping tax-cut bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives advanced President Donald Trump's massive tax-cut and spending bill toward a final yes-or-no vote early on Thursday morning, appe...
Jul 03, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view shows the dome of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
Republican doubts delay Trump's tax-cut bill in the House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the House of Representatives on Wednesday struggled to pass President Donald Trump's massive tax-cut and spending bill as a handful of hardliners withheld their su...
Jul 02, 2025 Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks to the press, 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., July 2, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
Former graduate student pleads guilty to murders of four Idaho students
BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) -A man charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death in 2022 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to first-degree murder in a deal with prosecutors that spares the for...
Jul 02, 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
Sean 'Diddy' Combs found guilty at criminal trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean "Diddy" Combs was found guilty on Wednesday after a criminal trial in which two of the music mogul's former girlfriends testified that he physically and sexually abused them. ...
Jul 02, 2025 Sean "Diddy" Combs and his attorney Marc Agnifilo discuss how to respond to a new note sent by jurors, during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, U.S., July 1, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Record July Fourth travel expected as Americans hit the road and the skies
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A record number of Americans are set to travel for the Fourth of July holiday by road and air, travel industry statistics show, but many last-minute travelers say their plans depen...
Jul 02, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Travelers check the status of their flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., June 30, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Trump tax-cut plan returns to US House, Republicans divided on bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The debate within President Donald Trump's Republican Party over a massive tax-cut and spending bill returns to the House of Representatives on Wednesday, as party leaders try to...
Jul 02, 2025 The U.S. Capitol building is seen as a thunderstorm rolls through Washington, D.C., U.S., July 1, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
