Category Archives: National
Bomb explodes near California fertility clinic, killing one
(Reuters) - nA bomb exploded near a reproductive health facility in Palm Springs, California on Saturday, killing one person, the city's mayor said. The bomb was either in or near a car parked outside...
May 17, 2025 The street side of American Reproductive Centers clinic is seen after an explosion being investigated by law enforcement as an intentional act of violence in Palm Springs, California, U.S. May 17, 2025. Andy Abeyta/USA Today Network via REUTERS
NBC: At least 16 dead, dozens injured from suspected tornadoes in Missouri, Kentucky
(Reuters) - At least 16 people were killed when severe weather, including possible tornadoes, swept through parts of Missouri and Kentucky from Friday into Saturday morning, NBC News reported on Satur...
May 17, 2025 Residents inspect their home after a tornado completely tore off the back wall of a two-story house in St. Louis, Missouri,U.S. May 16, 2025. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant
US Supreme Court maintains block on Trump deportations under wartime law
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday kept in place its block on President Donald Trump's deportations of Venezuelan migrants under a 1798 law historically used only in wartime, faulting his adm...
May 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan migrants arrive after being deported from the United States, at Simon Bolivar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Venezuela April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
Trump tells Republicans to unite behind sweeping tax bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers to unite behind his sweeping tax bill on Friday, as party hardliners calling for deeper spending cuts threatened to block t...
May 16, 2025 The U.S. Capitol building is pictured at sunset on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
Trump rejects ex-FBI director Comey's explanation of "8647" post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump accused former FBI Director James Comey on Friday of calling for his assassination in a coded social media post. U.S. law enforcement officials are in...
May 16, 2025 James Comey, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), testifies via videoconference during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 30, 2020. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Russians and Ukrainians meet in Turkey for first talks in 3 years
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met in Istanbul on Friday at their first direct peace talks in more than three years, under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to end Europ...
May 16, 2025 Vehicles arrive at the Turkish Presidency's Dolmabahce working office, where Russia and Ukraine direct talks might happen, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 16, 2025. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Trump announces $200 billion in deals during UAE visit, AI agreement signed
ABU DHABI (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Thursday pledged to strengthen U.S. ties to the United Arab Emirates and announced deals with the Gulf state totaling over $200 billion and the two count...
May 16, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Yousif Al Obaidli, director of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, as he tours the mosque grounds in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 15, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Trump officials back steeper Medicaid, food stamp work requirements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress should enact steeper work requirements for Medicaid and food aid in a tax cut and spending plan being advanced by Republicans, four senior Trump administration ...
May 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attend a press conference in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
US Supreme Court grapples with Trump bid to restrict birthright citizenship
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court wrestled on Thursday over Donald Trump's attempt to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict birthright citizenship, a move that would affect thous...
May 15, 2025 Olga Urbina carries baby Ares Webster as demonstrators rally on the day the Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments over U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict automatic birthright citizenship, during a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 15, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Peace breakthrough unlikely as Putin declines to meet Zelenskiy in Turkey
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) -Russia's Vladimir Putin spurned a challenge to meet face-to-face with Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Turkey on Thursday, instead sending a second-tier delegation to planned peace ta...
May 15, 2025 Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, May 15, 2025. Mustafa Kamaci/Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS
