Category Archives: National
US Senate Democrats demand immigration reforms to avert shutdown
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats called for new restrictions on immigration agents on Wednesday, setting up a confrontation with the Trump administration that could lead to a parti...
Jan 28, 2026 U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to members of the media after the weekly Senate Democratic caucus policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 28, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Trump warns Iran to make nuclear deal or next attack will be 'far worse'
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iran on Wednesday to come to the table and make a deal on nuclear weapons or the next U.S. attack would be far worse. Tehran responded ...
Jan 28, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech on energy and the economy, in Clive, Iowa, U.S., January 27, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
FBI searches Atlanta election office, chasing Trump 2020 vote fraud claims
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The FBI searched an election office in Georgia's Fulton County outside Atlanta on Wednesday, pursuing President Donald Trump's false claims that his 2020 election defeat...
Jan 28, 2026 An FBI logo is pictured on an agent's shirt during the U.S. law enforcements raid on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska's property in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Man sprays U.S. lawmaker Ilhan Omar with liquid, disrupting Minnesota event
By Maria Alejandra Cardona, Daniel Trotta and Kanishka Singh MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Police arrested a man who sprayed Democratic U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar with a foul-smelling liquid in ...
Jan 28, 2026 A security person holds back U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after a man disrupted a town hall meeting, days after a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal immigration agents trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 27, 2026, in a still image from video. REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona
Trump in Iowa to tout economy as protests roil neighboring Minnesota
DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Iowa on Tuesday, seeking to shore up support in a Midwestern political battleground as an escalating confrontation over immi...
Jan 27, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters over the North Atlantic as he returns to Washington from the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, aboard Air Force One, U.S., January 22, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
US judge threatens ICE chief with contempt, orders court appearance
Jan 27 (Reuters) - The chief judge of Minnesota's federal court ordered the acting chief of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear in court on Friday to personally explain why that agency ...
Jan 27, 2026 Federal agents fire munitions toward demonstrators near the site where a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 24, 2026.REUTERS/Tim Evans
Bovino removed from his role as US Border Patrol commander at large, The Atlantic reports
Jan 26 (Reuters) - Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as the "commander at large" for the U.S. Border Patrol and will return to his former job in California, where he is expected to retire ...
Jan 27, 2026 U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino attends a press conference, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci
More than 548,000 US customers without power as winter storm freezes much of the US
Jan 27 (Reuters) - A severe winter storm that brought heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain left more than 548,000 homes and businesses without power across a swath of the U.S., from the Ohio Valley and...
Jan 27, 2026 A pedestrian uses his mobile phone to photograph snowfall, as Winter Storm Fern stretches across a large swath of the United States, in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., January 25, 2026. REUTERS/Bing Guan
Shutdown looms as ICE shootings spawn partisan fight over DHS funding in US Congress
WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The federal government appeared headed for a partial government shutdown this week, with Republicans and Democrats at odds over funding for President Donald Trump's Depa...
Jan 26, 2026 Federal agents use tear gas to disperse people gathered near the scene where federal agents fatally shot a man while trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 24, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
In possible thaw, Trump and Minnesota's governor talk after fatal shooting
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said on Monday they had a productive discussion on immigration enforcement, in a possible sign that Trump might c...
Jan 26, 2026 Police tape hangs in front of a makeshift memorial at the site where a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal immigration agents trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 26, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
