Category Archives: National
Trump says he will seek to require voter ID for midterms regardless of Congress
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would seek to impose voter identification requirements for the November midterm elections whether Congress approves th...
Feb 13, 2026 Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), flanked by House Republican leadership and activists, speaks during a press conference after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote and when voting, ahead of the November midterm elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2026. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
Journalist Don Lemon to enter plea in Minnesota ICE protest case
By Jack Queen MINNEAPOLIS, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Former CNN anchor Don Lemon is set to enter a plea on Friday in a criminal case stemming from his coverage of a protest at a Minnesota church against Pres...
Feb 13, 2026 Former CNN anchor Don Lemon (L) appears in a hearing following his arrest for involvement in a protest at a church in Minnesota, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 30, 2026, in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Mona Edwards MANDATORY CREDIT MONA EDWARDS
Olympics-Love, teamwork and sometimes rivalry intertwine at Winter Olympics
Feb 13 (Reuters) - Love is in the air at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics where a number of couples bring an added level of chemistry to the competition. Here are some of the couples competing with ...
Feb 13, 2026 iFeb 11, 2026; Milan, Italy; Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States skate after receiving silver medals during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano Ice Skating Arena. Mandatory Credit: James Lang-Imagn Images
Update: Exclusive-Arizona sheriff blocks FBI access to evidence in Nancy Guthrie abduction, source says
Updated at 2:46 a.m. (Feb. 13) By Jana Winter WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - An Arizona sheriff is blocking FBI access to key evidence in the investigation into the abduction of U.S. television journa...
Feb 13, 2026 Well-wishers sign a banner that reads "Bring her home" and shows a photo of Nancy Guthrie, U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie's abducted elderly mother, at the KVOA newsroom, where Savannah worked earlier in her career, in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., February 12, 2026. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble
Judge blocks Trump administration from cutting $600 million in public health funds
By Dietrich Knauth Feb 12 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Chicago temporarily blocked on Thursday the Trump administration from moving ahead with $600 million in cuts to public health grants in four st...
Feb 13, 2026 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable on rural health, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 16, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
US senators sharply question Trump officials about Pretti shooting, use of force
Feb 12 (Reuters) - The top Republican and Democrat on a U.S. Senate committee played video showing the lead-up to the shooting of U.S. citizen Alex Pretti to Trump immigration officials at a hearing o...
Feb 12, 2026 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott sits next to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joseph Edlow and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons as they attend a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 12, 2026. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
Trump revokes basis of US climate regulation, ends vehicle emission standards
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The administration of President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the repeal of a scientific finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, removing the l...
Feb 12, 2026 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 12, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Olympics-Figure skating-Malinin making history with skating's first Olympic backflip in decades
By Lori Ewing MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - When Ilia Malinin launched himself into a backflip at the Milano Cortina Olympics, it detonated through the crowd like a firecracker and even brought tennis gre...
Feb 12, 2026 Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Figure Skating - Men Single Skating - Short Program - Milano Ice Skating Arena, Milan, Italy - February 10, 2026. Ilia Malinin of United States performs during the Short Program REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Trump agrees to end deportation surge in Minnesota, White House border czar says
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan said on Thursday that a significant drawdown of immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota was underway and that he ...
Feb 12, 2026 A law enforcement officer uses a battering ram to force entry into a home during an immigration raid in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, January 18, 2026. REUTERS/Leah Millis
RFK Jr's vaccine agenda faces Boston judge who has handed Trump setbacks
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s sweeping efforts to upend U.S. immunization policies are set to go before a federal judge in Bost...
Feb 12, 2026 U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 29, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
