Category Archives: National
US Supreme Court backs South Carolina effort to defund Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for South Carolina to strip Planned Parenthood of funding under the Medicaid health insurance program in a ruling that bolsters...
Jun 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., November 26, 2021. Picture taken November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Will Dunham/ File Photo
Israel halts aid into northern Gaza, officials say, clans deny Hamas is stealing it
CAIRO/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Israel has stopped aid from entering northern Gaza but is still allowing it to enter from the south, two officials said on Thursday after images circulated of masked men on a...
Jun 26, 2025 Mourners pray as they attend the funeral of Palestinians killed, in what the Gaza Health Ministry said, were overnight Israeli airstrikes on tents sheltering displaced people, at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
US Senate Republicans race to resolve tax, health issues in Trump's tax bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. Congress scrambled on Thursday to resolve nettlesome tax and health care provisions in their sweeping tax-cut and spending bill on Thursday as President D...
Jun 26, 2025 Visitors to the U.S. Capitol rest in the shade on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
No known intelligence that Iran moved uranium, US defense chief says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said he was unaware of any intelligence suggesting Iran had moved any of its highly enriched uranium to shield it from U.S. strike...
Jun 26, 2025 U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine, speak during a press conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Idrees Ali
US weekly jobless claims fall but unemployment rolls swelling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell last week, but the unemployment rate could rise in June as more laid off people struggle to find work. I...
Jun 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a "Help Wanted" sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
White House video embraces Trump as 'daddy' after NATO chief's remark
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The White House embraced the moniker of "daddy" for Donald Trump in a video that it released after NATO chief Mark Rutte used the term in a conversation with the U.S. president. "D...
Jun 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File photo
Powell says Fed needs to manage against risk tariff inflation proves persistent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration's tariff plans may well just cause a one-time jump in prices, but the risk it could cause more persistent inflation is large enough for the central bank ...
Jun 25, 2025 U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress," on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
US new home sales fall more than expected in May; inventory rises
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell more than expected in May as high mortgage rates sapped demand, boosting the supply of unsold houses on the market. New home sales unit...
Jun 25, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A "For Rent, For Sale" sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/ File Photo
Trump administration sues Maryland federal judges over order blocking deportations
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration is escalating its battle with the U.S. judiciary over rulings that have stymied his agenda by filing a lawsuit with an unusual set of defendants: The...
Jun 25, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File photo
Trump says damage from Iran strikes severe despite "inconclusive" intelligence
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the damage to Iranian nuclear sites from American missile strikes over the weekend was severe, even as he acknowledged that the ...
Jun 25, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (not pictured), at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
