Category Archives: National
US immigration judge to decide whether Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
JENA, Louisiana (Reuters) -A U.S. immigration judge will rule on Friday whether the government can deport Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil, a month after he was arrested at his Columbia Uni...
Apr 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Muslim protestors pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at the university, in New York City, U.S., March 14, 2025. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Photo
Kennedy sets September deadline to identify cause of rising US autism rates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will identify the cause of autism by September, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Thursday, setting a deadline for an answer ...
Apr 11, 2025 U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum attend a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
China hits back at Trump tariff hike, turmoil rings recession alarm
BEIJING/WARSAW/LONDON (Reuters) - Beijing increased its tariffs on U.S. imports to 125% on Friday, hitting back against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to hike duties on Chinese goods and raisi...
Apr 11, 2025 China Shipping containers are seen at the port of Oakland, as trade tensions escalate over U.S. tariffs with China, in Oakland, California, U.S., April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
UPDATED: Helicopter crashes into New York's Hudson River, all six aboard killed
UPDATED 5:33 P.M. (Reuters) - A tourist helicopter plummeted upside down into New York City's Hudson River on Thursday killing all six people on board, including a Spanish family with three children a...
Apr 10, 2025 Rescue workers and emergency personnel work at the scene of a helicopter crash on the Hudson River near lower Manhattan in New York, as seen from Newport, New Jersey, U.S., April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
US ambassador to Ukraine stepping down, State Department says
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink is stepping down from her role, a State Department spokesperson said on Thursday, in a move that injects new uncertainty into th...
Apr 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Bridget Brink, nominated to be U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, prepares to testify at her Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
US intelligence investigating whether FBI involved in 2021 Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. spy's chief of staff on Wednesday said the U.S. intelligence community is investigating whether the FBI was involved in planning the January 6, 2021 assault on the ...
Apr 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump climb a wall during a protest against the certification of the 2020 presidential election results by the Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. Picture taken January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
US consumer prices post first decline in nearly five years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell in March amid cheaper gasoline and used motor vehicles, but the improvement in inflation is unlikely to be sustained after President Donald...
Apr 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Shoppers browse a Walmart Supercenter a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced new tariffs, in Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S. April 3, 2025. REUTERS/Siddharth Cavale/File photo
UPDATE: House Republicans pass budget plan that clears the way for Trump tax cuts
UPDATED 10:25 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a budget plan that lays the groundwork for extending President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts, despite oppo...
Apr 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People look the U.S. Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
Death toll nears 200 in Dominican Republic nightclub tragedy
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) -A devastating roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic has claimed at least 184 lives, authorities said late on Wednesday, as the search f...
Apr 10, 2025 A member of the Red Cross talks to people gathered at a gas station near the site of the collapsed Jet Set nightclub while waiting for news of relatives and friends, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, April 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo
Dual national prisoners head home in US-Russia swap
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Thursday released a dual citizen jailed for donating to a charity providing aid to Ukraine in a swap with the United States for a German-Russian citizen accused of exportin...
Apr 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Russian-American dual citizen Ksenia Karelina, accused of treason for making a donation to a charity supporting Ukraine, attends a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia August 15, 2024. REUTERS/Dmitry Chasovitin/File Photo
