Category Archives: National
US official warns small airports could soon shut down over TSA absences
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Thursday that if a partial government shutdown continues, small airports could soon shut down as...
Mar 19, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Passengers enter the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) 'PreCheck' line at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to go unfunded, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/File Photo
Israel steps up Beirut strikes, hits bridges in south Lebanon
BEIRUT, March 18 (Reuters) - Israel stepped up airstrikes on Beirut on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and destroying a 10-storey building near the city centre in the third week of its war with ...
Mar 18, 2026 Flames engulf a building following an Israeli air strike in Beirut, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Lebanon, March 18, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer
Fed leaves rates unchanged, sticks with single cut in 2026 despite higher inflation
WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and projected higher inflation, steady unemployment and only a single reduction in borrowing costs this yea...
Mar 18, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Renovations continue at the Federal Reserve Board building in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Iran's government degraded but appears intact, top US spy says
By Patricia Zengerle, Doina Chiacu and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - Iran's government has been degraded since the war began on February 28, but it appears to be intact and Tehran a...
Mar 18, 2026 FBI Director Kash Patel, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Director Lt. Gen. James Adams, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, and Acting National Security Agency Director Lt. Gen. William Hartman attend a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 18, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Top US security official quits, says Iran did not pose immediate threat
By Erin Banco and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - A top security official in U.S. President Donald Trump's administration resigned over the war in Iran on Tuesday, saying the country had...
Mar 18, 2026 FILE PHOTO: National Counterterrorism Center Director Joseph Kent attends a House Homeland Security hearing entitled "Worldwide Threats to the Homeland," on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 11, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
UPDATE: Stratton defeats Krishnamoorthi with help from Chicago, downstate voters
UPDATED 11:29 P.M. Article Summary Gov. Juliana Stratton won the hotly contested Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, defeating U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly. Stratton performed better...
Mar 17, 2026 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton delivers a victory speech Tuesday night, shortly after 10 p.m., after securing the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
US House panel subpoenas Attorney General Bondi in Epstein probe
WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee said on Tuesday it has issued a subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify behind closed doors in its probe of the late convicted...
Mar 17, 2026 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2026. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
US Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino to retire at end of March
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino plans to retire at the end of March, he confirmed to Reuters on Tuesday, marking the formal departure of a pro...
Mar 17, 2026 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino outside a Speedway gas station after his convoy stopped there, where protesters and community observers gathered, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Madison Swart/File Photo
Trump says NATO's refusal to help on Iran is "very foolish mistake"
WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States had been informed by most of its NATO allies that they did not want to get involved with the country's militar...
Mar 17, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on a flight back to Washington March 15, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US says it may be forced to shut down some airports over funding standoff
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - A senior Trump administration official said on Tuesday that if a government funding standoff continues, it may force the shutdown of some smaller a...
Mar 17, 2026 Passengers walk through a queue to enter a TSA security checkpoint at Ronald Reagan International Airport in Arlington, Virginia., U.S., March 15, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz
