Category Archives: National
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
Russia and Ukraine swap 307 soldiers on second day of POW exchange
MOSCOW/CHERNIHIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine each exchanged 307 of their service personnel on Saturday on the second day of a prisoner exchange that, when completed, is set to be the large...
May 24, 2025 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) are seen as they return after a swap, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Trump threatens new tariffs on European Union, Apple, reigniting trade fears
BRUSSELS/BANFF, Canada/THE HAGUE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to ratchet up his trade war once again, pushing for a 50% tariff on European Union goods starting June 1 a...
May 23, 2025 iPhones sit on display at the Apple Fifth Avenue store, in New York City, U.S., May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Adam Gray
Billy Joel cancels concerts after brain disorder diagnosis
(Reuters) - U.S. singer-songwriter and pianist Billy Joel said on Friday he is canceling all his scheduled concerts after he was recently diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus, a brain disorder...
May 23, 2025 Billy Joel performs during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 4, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Lower prices boost new US home sales; outlook downbeat amid higher mortgages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes surged to more than a three-year high in April as builders lowered prices to attract buyers, but rising mortgage rates and economic uncerta...
May 23, 2025 Workers construct a single family home at a Lennar housing development in San Diego, California, U.S., March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
UPDATE: Harvard sues Trump administration for blocking enrollment of foreign students
Updated: 8:32 a.m. (Reuters) -Harvard University sued the Trump administration on Friday over its decision to revoke the Ivy League school's ability to enroll foreign students, ratcheting up White Hou...
May 23, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view of the Business School campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi/File Photo
Reports: Eldest daughter of Jim Irsay to claim operations role with Colts
(Reuters - Field Level Media) - Late Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay was a hands-on decision-maker from the highest seat in the team's operation after learning under his father. Now one of Irsay's ...
May 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Oct 30, 2022; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay speaks at a Ring of Honor induction ceremony for Tarik Glenn on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, during a game against the Washington Commanders at Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Mandatory Credit: Max Gersh/IndyStar-USA TODAY Sports
White House targets food, chemicals, overtreatment in childhood disease report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A commission led by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday issued a report that said processed food, chemicals, stress and overprescription of medications and va...
May 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: An attendee wears a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) hat during a press conference announcing of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) intent to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation's food supply, at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 22, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
US judge blocks Trump administration plan to gut Education Department
BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to reinstate more than 1,300 U.S. Department of Education employees whom Democratic-led states argued were being terminat...
May 22, 2025 Demonstrators attend a Defend Our Schools rally to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to shut down the U.S. Department of Education outside its building in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
Low weekly jobless claims point to stable US labor market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week, suggesting the economy maintained a steady pace of job growth in May, though it is be...
May 22, 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
