Category Archives: National
Trump says US to lifts Syria sanctions, secures $600 billion Saudi deal
RIYADH (Reuters) - President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. will lift long-standing sanctions on Syria, and secured a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia to invest in the United...
May 13, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman meet in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
UPDATE: Sean 'Diddy' Combs' ex-girlfriend Cassie testifies that Combs beat her frequently
Updated 10:48 a.m. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sean "Diddy" Combs' ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, a rhythm and blues singer known as "Cassie," testified at the hip-hop mogul's sex trafficking trial on Tuesd...
May 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Singer Casandra Elizabeth Ventura arrives on the red carpet ahead of the screening of the film "Killing Them Softly", in competition at the 65th Cannes Film Festival, May 22, 2012. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler/File Photo
UPDATE: Trump signs economic partnership agreement with Saudi Arabia
Updated 9:27 a.m. RIYADH (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed a strategic economic agreement with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as the oil power rolled out the red carpet for him at the start of a...
May 13, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump is welcomed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Republicans float new tax breaks for tips, local taxes in Trump budget package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. Congress proposed new tax breaks for tipped income, overtime pay, private school tuition, seniors, and state and local taxes on Monday as they fleshed out...
May 12, 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
Video shows Sean 'Diddy' Combs hitting and kicking then-girlfriend in hotel hallway
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial viewed a 2016 video on Monday in which the hip-hop mogul assaults his then-girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, throws her to the grou...
May 12, 2025 Justin Combs and Quincy Brown walk, on the first day in the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs on sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges at U.S. court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., May 12, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar
First white South Africans arrive in US as Trump claims they face 'genocide'
JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Monday welcomed 59 white South Africans it has granted refugee status in the U.S. for being deemed victims of racial discrimination, a m...
May 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators hold placards in support of U.S. President Donald Trump's stance against what he calls racist laws, land expropriation, and farm attacks, outside the American Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, February 15, 2025. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
UPDATE: Hamas says it freed Israeli-American hostage, Israel says no ceasefire
UPDATED 11:00 A.M. CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas said it had freed an Israeli-American hostage as fighting paused in Gaza on Monday but there was no agreement on a wider truce or hostage release as...
May 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Signs and a photograph of Edan Alexander, the American-Israeli and Israel Defense Forces soldier taken hostage during the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas, stand outside a Jewish community center in Alexander’s home town of Tenafly, New Jersey, U.S., December 14, 2024. REUTERS/Stephani Spindel/File Photo
US and China reach deal to temporarily slash tariffs, easing slump fears
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States and China have agreed to temporarily slash reciprocal tariffs in a deal that surpassed expectations as the world's two biggest economies seek to end a damaging tra...
May 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing, China April 8, 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
Republicans to reveal whether they will advance tax hike on the wealthy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in Congress are expected this week to reveal whether they are willing to go ahead with President Donald Trump's suggestion to raise taxes on the rich, which would bre...
May 12, 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
Trump says he will cut drug prices by 59% as shares drop
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he will push to cut prescription drug prices by 59%, but gave no further details about his plan to lower medicine costs ahead of a health-relate...
May 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. dollar banknote and medicines are seen in this illustration taken, June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo
