Category Archives: National
Trump launches large-scale strikes on Yemen's Houthis, at least 31 killed
WASHINGTON/ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group's attacks against Red Sea shipping, ...
Mar 16, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as military strikes are launched against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis over the group's attacks against Red Sea shipping, at an unspecified location in this handout image released March 15, 2025. White House/Handout via REUTERS
Republicans split on spending cuts, Medicaid as they seek path forward on Trump tax cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Congressional Republicans, under pressure to move forward on President Donald Trump's tax cut and border security agenda, are at odds over how much spending they can cut from the...
Mar 16, 2025 U.S. Majority Leader Senator John Thune (R-SD) walks to the chamber as senators grapple with making a deal to fund the U.S. government and avert a shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 14, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
Stuck NASA astronauts one step closer to home after SpaceX crew-swap launch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA and SpaceX on Friday launched a long-awaited crew to the International Space Station that opens the door to bringing home U.S. astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, w...
Mar 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Nick Hague, Barry Wilmore, and Donald Pettit unbox Thanksgiving meals, from the International Space Station (ISS), in this screen grab taken from a handout video, released on November 26, 2024. NASA/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
US Senate advances Republican stopgap spending bill to avert shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Friday voted to advance a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down in a standoff driven by anger over Presid...
Mar 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A bird flies in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, US, November 10, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
After Trump request, Putin says he will let Ukraine troops in Kursk live if they surrender
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump urged Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on Friday to spare Ukrainian troops that Russia is pushing out of its Kursk region, an appeal Putin said he...
Mar 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during a bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Israel rejects Hamas offer to free Israeli-American hostage as 'psychological warfare'
CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) -Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to free an American-Israeli dual national if Israel begins the next phase of ceasefire talks towards a permanent end to the war, an offer Isra...
Mar 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A Torah 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, sit in his home during a family interview with Reuters in Tenafly, New Jersey, U.S., December 14, 2024. REUTERS/Stephani Spindel/File Photo
TV's Dr. Oz, Trump's Medicare nominee, to face questions on ties to industry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician and former Republican Senate candidate nominated by President Donald Trump to a top U.S. health job, appeared before the Senate Finance Co...
Mar 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Republican Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz departs from his polling location after voting in the 2022 U.S. midterm election in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 8, 2022.
American Airlines jet engine catches fire after landing in Denver, passengers evacuated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An engine on an American Airlines jet caught fire after the plane diverted to Denver on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of passengers, the Federal Aviation Administration said....
Mar 14, 2025 Smoke rises as a passenger gets evacuated using the plane's slides, after an American Airlines jet engine caught fire, in Denver, Colorado, U.S., MARCH 13, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Aaron Clark/via REUTERS
Putin suggests US ceasefire idea for Ukraine needs serious reworking
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia supported a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine in principle, but that fighting could not be paused until a number of cruci...
Mar 14, 2025 Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses commanders as he visits a control centre of the Russian armed forces in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Kursk region, Russia, March 12, 2025, in this still image taken from video. Russian Pool/Reuters TV via REUTERS
US Senate poised to pass Republican stopgap spending bill, avert shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Friday was poised to pass a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down in a standoff driven by anger over Pres...
Mar 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A bird flies in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, US, November 10, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
