Category Archives: National
US and Israel launch strikes on Iran, targeting its leadership
By Parisa Hafezi, Alexander Cornwell, Hadeel Al Sayegh and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV/DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Saturday, targeting its l...
Feb 28, 2026 Smoke rises following an explosion, after Israel and the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, February 28, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Paramount to buy Warner Bros Discovery in $110 billion deal; Netflix out of race
Feb 27 (Reuters) - Warner Bros Discovery has agreed to be acquired by Paramount Skydance in a $110 billion deal, ending a high-stakes bidding war after Netflix walked away from its agreement with the ...
Feb 27, 2026 The main gate of Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 27, 2026. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
US charges 30 more in anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church
Feb 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Friday charged 30 more people accused of disrupting a Minnesota church service last month in protest of the Trump administration's immigration enforce...
Feb 27, 2026 U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi departs following U.S. President Donald Trump's State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 24, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
Trump raises prospect of 'friendly takeover' of Cuba, says Rubio in talks
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday raised the prospect of a "friendly takeover" of Cuba, telling reporters at the White House that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was ...
Feb 27, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump waves before boarding Air Force One as he departs for Corpus Christi, Texas, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., February 27, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
US-Iran talks end with no deal but potential signs of progress
By Parisa Hafezi and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The United States and Iran made progress in talks over Tehran's nuclear program on Thursday, mediator Oman said, but hours of negotia...
Feb 27, 2026 Demonstrators hold images of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah and an Iranian opposition figure, during a protest against Iran's government in front of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on the day of a new round of indirect U.S.-Iran talks over their long-running nuclear dispute, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2026. REUTERS/Pierre Alb
Trump to tout economy, energy in Texas ahead of Republican primaries
By Bo Erickson CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Feb 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to southern Texas on Friday to tout his economic and fossil fuel agenda, just days before Republicans f...
Feb 27, 2026 U.S.President Donald J. Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Kenny Holston/Pool via REUTERS
Update: Bill Clinton testifies to US Congress committee about Epstein
By Richard Cowan Updated at 10:51 a.m. Feb 27 (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton was testifying on Friday behind closed doors to a congressional panel about his ties to the late sex offender Je...
Feb 27, 2026 Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Ghislaine Maxwell and late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein pose in this handout image released from Epstein's estate by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 12, 2025. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via REUTERS
Hillary Clinton tells congressional panel she has no information on Epstein
Feb 26 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a congressional committee on Thursday that she did not remember ever meeting the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and had no inf...
Feb 26, 2026 Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens to speakers during the international conference to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 19, 2023. Niall Carson/Pool via REUTERS
Trump's White House ballroom can move ahead for now, judge rules
WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday declined to block President Donald Trump from proceeding with construction of a $400 million White House ballroom to replace the demolished East...
Feb 26, 2026 Cranes loom over the construction zone of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ballroom at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 25, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US and Iran could reach deal if nuclear and non-nuclear issues are separated, says Iranian official
GENEVA, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The United States and Iran could reach a framework for a deal if Washington separates "nuclear and non-nuclear issues", a senior Iranian official told Reuters, adding that r...
Feb 26, 2026 An Iranian woman walks past an anti-U.S. billboard in Tehran, Iran, February 26, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
