Category Archives: National
Trump says ABC should fire late-night host Kimmel
WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by ABC and parent company Walt Disney, joining his wife Melania Trump in calli...
Apr 27, 2026 First lady Melania Trump looks on next to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a press briefing at the White House, following a shooting incident during the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 25, 2026 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
US Supreme Court formally reinstates pro-Republican Texas voting map
WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court formally reinstated on Monday a redrawn Texas electoral map that was designed to add more Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives, as P...
Apr 27, 2026 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building during proceedings in pending appeals at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 30, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
UPDATE: Suspect in Washington dinner shooting charged with attempting to assassinate Trump
UPDATED 1:06 P.M. WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - The man accused of shooting a U.S. Secret Service agent as he tried to breach security at a Washington dinner attended by President Donald Trump is f...
Apr 27, 2026 Law enforcement personnel detain Cole Tomas Allen, a suspect in the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, in Washington, D.C., U.S. April 25, 2026. DONALD J TRUMP via Truth Social/Handout via REUTERS
White House dinner shooting prompts scrutiny of Trump security arrangements
By Jana Winter, Gram Slattery and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement officials are reassessing security arrangements after a gunman opened fire near the White House Co...
Apr 26, 2026
US negotiators to go to Islamabad, but Iran says no direct talks
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - U.S. negotiators are scheduled to leave for Pakistan on Saturday, but Iran said its officials did not plan to meet the Americans to discuss ending the war th...
Apr 25, 2026 The Epaminondas ship is seen during seizure by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, in this image obtained by Reuters on April 24, 2026. Meysam Mirzadeh/Tasnim/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
US appeals court allows Texas to enforce migrant arrest law
By Nate Raymond April 24 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for Texas authorities to enforce a Republican-backed state law that would let them arrest and prosecute people su...
Apr 24, 2026
UN says Israeli strikes in Lebanon, Hezbollah rockets into Israel may breach international law
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, April 24 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office said on Friday it has documented patterns of attacks on civilians in populated areas and residential buildings in Lebano...
Apr 24, 2026
US adding firing squads, electrocution and gassing to federal execution methods
By Jonathan Allen April 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as alternative methods of executing people convicted ...
Apr 24, 2026
Israel, Lebanon extend ceasefire as Trump seeks 'best deal' with Iran
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - Israel and Lebanon extended their ceasefire for three weeks at a meeting at the White House brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump, who said he was prepared to ...
Apr 24, 2026 A boy stands in his neighbour's apartment in a building damaged by an Israeli strike, amid a temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in Tyre, southern Lebanon, April 23, 2026. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
South Georgia wildfires destroy homes, force evacuations
By Rich McKay ATLANTA, April 23 (Reuters) - More than 50 homes and structures were destroyed this week and at least 1,000 others were threatened on Thursday by wildfires in southeast Georgia that sent...
Apr 23, 2026 Smoke rises over U.S. Route 82, as a wildfire continues to burn across Brantley County, in Lulaton, Georgia, U.S., April 23, 2026. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
