Category Archives: National
Israeli forces outside main Gaza hospital, offer to send in incubators
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces bombarded southern Gaza on Tuesday after tanks advanced to the gates of the enclave's biggest hospital in the north where health officials say dozens of patien...
Nov 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at Al Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Doaa Rouqa/File Photo
Biden, China's Xi will discuss communication, competition at APEC summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Monday President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss strengthening communication and managing competition when they meet at the Asia-P...
Nov 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 leaders' summit in Bali, Indonesia, November 14, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
US Supreme Court announces formal ethics code for justices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday adopted its first formal code of conduct governing the ethical behavior of its nine justices, bowing to months of outside pressure over revelatio...
Nov 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen on the day that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito released their delayed financial disclosure reports and the reports were made public in Washington, U.S., August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo
Donald Trump's older sister Maryanne Trump Barry dies at 86 -media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Maryanne Trump Barry, former President Donald Trump's older sister and a former federal judge, has died at 86, media reports said on Monday, citing sources. Trump Barry died at h...
Nov 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump (L) gestures as he stands next to his sister Maryanne Trump Barry, during a break in proceedings of the Aberdeenshire Council inquiry into his plans for a golf resort, Aberdeen, northeast Scotland June 10, 2008. The inquiry is expected to last several weeks, local media reported. REUTERS/David Moir/File photo
UPDATE: Donald Trump Jr. testifies about 'sexiness' of father's real estate
UPDATED 10:56 A.M. (Reuters) -Donald Trump Jr. testified on Monday about what he called the "sexiness" of his father's real estate portfolio, in his second time being called to the stand in the former...
Nov 13, 2023 Donald Trump Jr. sits in the courtroom with his legal team before the continuation of his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, in New York, U.S. Stefan Jeremiah/Pool via REUTERS
UPDATE: Israeli tanks outside Gaza hospital, surgeon says, pleading 'someone should stop this'
UPDATED 1:50 P.M. GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli tanks took up positions at the gates of Gaza City's main hospital on Monday, the primary target in their battle to seize control of the northern hal...
Nov 13, 2023 Palestinians react at a hospital following Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip November 13, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
UPDATE: Hardline Republicans push back on US House speaker's plan to avert shutdown
UPDATED 2:40 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Fledgling U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson struggled on Monday to get his fellow Republicans to back his plan to avert a partial government sh...
Nov 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) gets a standing ovation from Republican members of the House as he addresses members after being elected to be the new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Tim Scott, lone Black Republican in US Senate, ends White House bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Tim Scott suspended his run for the 2024 Republican presidential election nomination on Sunday after months of burning through campaign cash at a blistering rate wit...
Nov 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) looks on as he tours the neighbourhood around New Beginnings Church in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 23, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska/File Photo
"Enough" conflict, says Pope Francis as he calls for more aid to Gaza
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday reiterated his plea for an end to hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians, and called for "much more" humanitarian aid for Gaza. "Enough, enough b...
Nov 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis holds prayer for migrants and refugees, with the 'Angels Unaware' monument, dedicated to the world's migrants and refugees, behind him in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, October 19, 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli//File Photo
In very rare move, Pope dismisses conservative US bishop Strickland
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Saturday dismissed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, one of his fiercest critics among U.S. Roman Catholic conservatives, after he refused to step do...
Nov 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Catholic bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas speaks during a rally to protest the Los Angeles Dodgers honoring the pro-LGBTQ+ group Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence during LGBTQ+ Pride Night at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 16, 2023. Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports via REUTERS
