Category Archives: National
SpaceX's Starship spins out of control after flying past points of previous failures
STARBASE, Texas (Reuters) -SpaceX's Starship rocket roared into space from Texas on Tuesday but spun out of control about halfway through its flight without achieving some of its most important testin...
May 28, 2025 SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its Super Heavy booster is launched on its ninth test at the company's launch pad in Starbase, Texas, U.S., May 27, 2025. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
US drops COVID vaccine recommendation for healthy kids, pregnant women
(Reuters) - The U.S. has stopped recommending routine COVID-19 vaccinations for pregnant women and healthy children, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in a social media post on Tuesday,...
May 27, 2025 Vials labelled "VACCINE Coronavirus COVID-19" and a syringe are seen in front of a displayed U.S. flag in this illustration taken December 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Trump administration moves to cut all remaining federal contracts with Harvard
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Trump administration plans to terminate the federal government's remaining contracts with Harvard University, according to a letter scheduled to be sent to federal a...
May 27, 2025 Students walk on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi/File Photo
NPR sues Trump, says funding cut violates First Amendment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - National Public Radio and three Colorado public radio stations are suing the Trump administration over the president's executive order to cut federal funding for public broadcas...
May 27, 2025 A 3D-printed miniature model of U.S. President Donald Trump with the National Public Radio (NPR) logo in the background is seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Billie Eilish takes top prize at American Music Awards
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -"Birds of a Feather" singer Billie Eilish landed the top honor on Monday at the American Music Awards, winning artist of the year in Las Vegas at a red-carpet ceremony that celebr...
May 27, 2025 Billie Eilish gives acceptance speech for the Artist of the Year award virtually at the 2025 American Music Awards, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., May 26, 2025. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Four people injured in Liverpool parade crash 'very, very ill,' mayor says
LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Four people were "very, very ill in hospital" after sustaining injuries when a car ploughed into a crowd of Liverpool fans during a Premier League title parade, the city'...
May 27, 2025 Police officers work at the scene after an incident where a car plowed into a crowd of Liverpool fans during a parade celebrating their side's Premier League soccer title, in central Liverpool, Britain, May 27, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Trump considering taking $3 billion in Harvard grants, giving them to trade schools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he is considering taking $3 billion of previously awarded grant money away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools acros...
May 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A student walks on the Allston campus of Harvard University, in Allston, Massachusetts, U.S., May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi/File Photo
Trump says Putin has 'gone absolutely CRAZY', considering more sanctions on Russia
MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin had "gone absolutely CRAZY" by unleashing the largest aerial attack of the war on Ukraine and said he was weighing new sanctions ...
May 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Daily newspapers with covers, dedicated to the recent phone call of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, are laid out at a newsstand in a street in Moscow, Russia, February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Illustration/File Photo
Russia attacks Ukraine for third night in a row, Ukrainian officials say
(Reuters) -Russia has attacked Ukraine for a third night in a row, Ukrainian regional officials and emergency services said, a day after the biggest aerial attack of the war so far killed at least 12 ...
May 26, 2025 Residents look at an apartment building that was damaged in a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 25, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Trump administration puts new limits on reporters at Pentagon
(Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday issued orders that require journalists to have official escorts within much of the Pentagon building, the latest in a series of Trump administr...
May 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
