Category Archives: National
JPMorgan's Dimon warns of 'economic disaster' as Trump backs credit card rate cap
By Manya Saini Jan 21 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned on Wednesday that a proposal to cap credit card interest rates would amount to economic disaster, while U.S. President Donald Tr...
Jan 21, 2026 The CEO of JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Thousands protest against Trump immigration policies
By Andrew Hay Jan 20 (Reuters) - Thousands of U.S. workers and students marched through cities and university campuses on Tuesday in opposition to the immigration policies of President Donald Trump. O...
Jan 21, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators take part in a anti-ICE protest, after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good on January 7 during an immigration raid, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 20, 2026. REUTERS/Seth Herald/File Photo
Trump's plane lands safely after 'minor electrical issue,' Davos trip to continue
By Steve Holland ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Jan 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump landed safely on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews near Washington to change aircraft on Tuesday night after cre...
Jan 21, 2026 A White House staff member looks back at Air Force One while boarding a replacement plane, also designated Air Force One, after making an unscheduled return landing due to an electrical problem identified mid-flight en route to Davos, Switzerland, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., January 20, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
US subpoenas Minnesota leaders in criminal grand jury probe over opposition to immigration crackdown
Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice served grand jury subpoenas to the offices of Minnesota's governor and attorney general, and the mayor of Minneapolis, as it weighs whether their publ...
Jan 20, 2026 Members of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other law enforcement officials stand guard, in front of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, during a protest more than a week after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 17, 2026. REUTERS/Seth Herald
US Supreme Court does not issue ruling on Trump's tariffs
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court issued three decisions on Tuesday but did not decide the closely watched dispute over the legality of President Donald Trump's global tariffs. The...
Jan 20, 2026 View of the U.S. Supreme Court building the day after Election Day as results are still being counted and election-related lawsuits are expected to make their way through the court system in Washington, U.S. November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Supreme Court tests limits of Trump's power over the economy in fight over Fed's Lisa Cook
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court signaled four months into Donald Trump's second presidential term last year its interest in shielding the Federal Reserve from poli...
Jan 20, 2026 Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook speaks on "The Outlook for the Economy and Monetary Policy" at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 3, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Congressional spending deal provides funding for 2,500 new air traffic controllers, $2.4 billion for Amtrak
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A bipartisan spending deal announced Tuesday provides funding for 2,500 air traffic controllers and $2.4 billion for U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak. The funding deal als...
Jan 20, 2026 The air traffic control tower at New York's Laguardia Airport in the Queens borough of New York City, U.S., November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ryan Murphy
Trump may reach Fed chair decision as early as next week, Bessent says
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump may decide on who the next chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve will be as early as next week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on ...
Jan 20, 2026 Major construction work continues at the U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington, U.S., January 13, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Trump would quickly replace tariffs after court action, New York Times reports
Jan 19 (Reuters) - The administration of President Donald Trump would enact new tariffs almost immediately if the Supreme Court struck down sweeping global tariffs the president launched under an emer...
Jan 19, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a ceremony held to dedicate a 4-mile stretch of road from West Palm Beach Airport to his Mar-a-Lago estate as 'President Donald J. Trump Boulevard', at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 16, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
At least 39 dead in Spain after two high-speed trains collide
By Nina Lopez and Michael Francis Gore ADAMUZ, Spain, Jan 19 (Reuters) - At least 39 people died in southern Spain after a high-speed train derailed and collided with an oncoming one on Sunday night i...
Jan 19, 2026 Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, at the site of a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, January 19, 2026. REUTERS/Susana Vera
