Category Archives: National

Trump says he will not call Minnesota governor after shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he did not plan to call Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2024, after a weekend shooting left o...
Julia Bradley Jun 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz testifies during a House Oversight Committee hearing with U.S. governors about state policies regarding undocumented migrants, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File photo

US appeals court to rule on Trump's Los Angeles troop deployment
(Reuters) -A federal appeals court will hear arguments on Tuesday on President Donald Trump's authority to deploy the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles amid protests and civil unrest, days aft...
Julia Bradley Jun 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Marines stand watch as people protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's policies and federal immigration sweeps during a No Kings Day demonstration in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 14, 2025. REUTERS/David Ryder/File Photo

Starmer says US-UK trade deal to be completed 'very soon,' Trump proclamation expected
KANANASKIS, Alberta (Reuters) -Britain and the United States should finalize "very soon" the implementation of a trade deal agreed last month, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday ahead of a mee...
TJ Carson Jun 16, 2025 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on February 27, 2025 in Washington, D.C., U.S. Carl Court/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Iranian missiles hit Tel Aviv and Haifa, Israel warns of tough response
TEL AVIV/DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Iranian missiles struck Israel's Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa before dawn on Monday, killing at least eight people and destroying homes, prompting Israel's ...
Julia Bradley Jun 16, 2025 A drone photo shows the damage over residential homes and a school at the impact site following a missile attack from Iran on Israel, in Bnei Brak, Israel June 16, 2025. REUTERS/Chen Kalifa

UPDATE: Suspect in Minnesota lawmaker killing visited other legislators' homes, prosecutors say
Updated: 11:57 a.m. MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (Reuters) -The suspect in the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband this weekend drove to the homes of three other state politicians before h...
Ed Hammond Jun 15, 2025 People visit a memorial outside the Minnesota State Capitol in honor of Democratic state assemblywoman Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, after a gunman killed them, in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., June 15, 2025. REUTERS/Tim Evans

After day of nationwide protests, Trump's military parade rolls through D.C.
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's long-sought military parade rolled though the streets of downtown Washington on Saturday, but the celebration of the U.S. Army's 250...
Ed Hammond Jun 15, 2025 President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend a celebration of the Army's 250th birthday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., U.S., June, 14, 2025. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS

Pope Leo, from Chicago, makes his first U.S. pitch at White Sox Park
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Pope Leo, a native of Chicago's south side and a long-time fan of his beloved but beleaguered White Sox, sent a video message on Saturday to a sellout crowd attending Catholic Mass...
Ed Hammond Jun 14, 2025 Pope Leo XIV delivers a video message during a public celebration hosted by the Chicago White Sox and the Archdiocese of Chicago for the election of Pope Leo XIV, featuring a mass at Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., June 14, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

Iran says production at world's largest gas field partly suspended after Israeli attack
(Reuters) - Iran has partially suspended gas production at the world's biggest gas field after an Israeli strike caused a fire there on Saturday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, in what...
Ed Hammond Jun 14, 2025 A fire burns at South Pars gas field, in Tonbak, Bushehr Province, Iran, in this screen grab from a handout video released on June 14, 2025. Social Media/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. NEWS USE ONLY.

Minnesota state lawmakers shot, one killed, search underway for suspect
MINNEAPOLIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gunman posing as a police officer killed a senior Democratic state assemblywoman and her husband on Saturday in an apparent "politically motivated assassination," ...
Ed Hammond Jun 14, 2025 Officers canvas the neighborhood after what police said was a targeted shooting in the area around Edinburgh Golf Course in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, U.S. June 14, 2025. REUTERS/Ellen Schmidt

Protests, Middle East - and bad weather - may rain on Trump's military parade
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nationwide protests against President Donald Trump, tensions in the Middle East amid Israel's strikes on Iran and expected rainy weather in Washington on Saturday could dampen s...
Ed Hammond Jun 14, 2025 A supporter holds a banner with U.S President Donald Trump's picture near the Washington Monument, ahead of the upcoming U.S. Army 250th anniversary celebration parade, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 13, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard


