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Trump casts doubt on mutual defence as he flies to Europe for NATO summit
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -President Donald Trump cast doubt on Tuesday over the United States' commitment to defending its NATO partners, suggesting there were "numerous" definitions to the cornerstone of ...
Jun 24, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Air Force Commander Colonel Angela Ochoa after stepping off Marine One to board Air Force One to depart for the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., June 24, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
US health secretary Kennedy says he brought back 722 CDC employees, 220 at NIH
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Wednesday that he has rehired 942 employees who were laid off from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Nati...
Jun 24, 2025 U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump's budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 24, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
UPDATE: Trump says both sides violate ceasefire, tells Israel: 'Do not drop those bombs'
Updated: 6:08 a.m. TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON/ISTANBUL (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump accused both Israel and Iran of violating a ceasefire on Tuesday hours after he announced it, expressing particul...
Jun 24, 2025 A member of the security forces stands amid debris at an impacted residential site, following a missile attack from Iran on Israel, amid the Israel-Iran conflict, in Be'er Sheva, Israel June 24, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
US Supreme Court lifts limits on deporting migrants to countries not their own
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for President Donald Trump's administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them a chance to...
Jun 23, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan migrants react after arriving on a deportation flight from the United States at Simon Bolivar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Venezuela May 9, 2025. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
Iran fires missiles at US airbase in Qatar, Doha says attack intercepted, no casualties
DOHA/ISTANBUL/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Iran's military said it carried out a missile attack on the Al Udeid U.S. airbase in Qatar on Monday after explosions were heard across the Qatari capital following T...
Jun 23, 2025 Traces are seen in the sky after Iran's armed forces say they targeted The Al-Udeid base in a missile attack, as seen from Doha, Qatar, June 23, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
Trump, US Senate Republicans face test as 'Big Beautiful Bill' deadline looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies in the Senate face a political free-for-all over passage of his sweeping tax-cut and spending legislation, which Republican congression...
Jun 23, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters upon his arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, U.S., June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
US lawmakers call for Congress to review Trump's Iran actions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Some Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Sunday called on Congress to rein in President Donald Trump's use of military force in Iran and prevent U.S. involvement in a deepenin...
Jun 23, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) looks on, after President Donald Trump delivered remarks on tariffs, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
NBA-Thunder cap incredible season by beating Pacers in Game 7 to win NBA Finals
(Reuters) -The Oklahoma City Thunder capped an extraordinary season by defeating the Indiana Pacers 103-91 in Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Sunday to win the franchise's first title since relocating fro...
Jun 23, 2025 Jun 22, 2025; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jalen Williams (8) drives for a lay-up as Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin (00) defends during the second half of game seven of the 2025 NBA Finals at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images
JD Vance says U.S. at war with Iran's nuclear program, not Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday the U.S. was not at war with Iran but at war with its nuclear program, adding the program had been pushed back by a very long time due to ...
Jun 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo
U.S. strikes against Iran not aimed at regime change, Pentagon chief says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military's strikes on Iran's nuclear sites were not a preamble to plans for regime change, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday, adding that private messa...
Jun 22, 2025 U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing at the Pentagon, after the U.S. struck Iranian nuclear facilities, during the Israel-Iran conflict, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., June 22, 2025 in this still image taken from handout video. Reuters TV/U.S. Department of Defense/Handout via REUTERS
