Category Archives: National
UPDATE: Hunter Biden prosecutor testifies behind closed doors to House Republicans
Updated: 9:44 a.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Special Counsel David Weiss, who is leading the probe into President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden, is appearing on Tuesday for a closed-door interview wit...
Nov 07, 2023 File photo: U.S. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, arrives to appear in a federal court on gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., October 3, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File photo
UPDATE: Israel says its forces operating in 'heart of Gaza City'
UPDATED 2:16 P.M. GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Tuesday its forces were operating deep in Gaza City in their battle to wipe out Hamas in the Palestinian enclave, and that the Islamist mili...
Nov 07, 2023 Medics carry a Palestinian casualty following Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City November 7, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Masri
Ron DeSantis scores Iowa governor's endorsement in Republican primary race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds on Monday endorsed Republican presidential contender Ron DeSantis' bid to be the party's nominee, a much-needed boost to the Florida governor as he se...
Nov 07, 2023 Florida Governor and U.S. Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks during a rally, as Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (not pictured) endorses DeSantis's bid to be the Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential race, in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. November 6, 2023. REUTERS/Rachel Mummey
US Republicans expect no votes on stopgap this week as shutdown looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives said they do not expect to move forward this week on a stopgap funding measure to keep federal agencies open, even with...
Nov 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to members of the Republican conference gathered on the outer steps of the House of Representatives to listen to him deliver remarks after he was elected to be the new Speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Gaza death toll tops 10,000; UN calls it a children's graveyard
GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza is becoming a "graveyard for children", U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday, amplifying demands for a ceasefire in the enclave, where Palestinian health author...
Nov 06, 2023 An Israeli military unit fires from an undisclosed location near the Gaza Strip border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Israel, November 6, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Trump tangles with judge, complains of treatment at NY fraud trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump complained of unfair treatment in defiant and rambling testimony on the witness stand at the civil fraud trial about his New York business on Monday, prompting the jud...
Nov 06, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023. Jabin Botsford/Pool via REUTERS
US struggles to curb Israel's Gaza bombardment, despite pressure at home and abroad
(Reuters) - As the death toll in Gaza tops 10,000, the Biden administration faces growing pressure at home and abroad to compel Israel to take steps to minimize civilian deaths in its drive to oust Ha...
Nov 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: People participate in a "pray-in", organized by the Franciscan Action Network, to call on U.S. President Joe Biden to support a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, amid the ongoing conflict between them, outside the White House in Washington, U.S., November 2, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Tyson recalls 30,000 pounds of Dino Chicken Nuggets
(Reuters) -U.S. food company Tyson Foods has said it was voluntarily recalling approximately 30,000 pounds of frozen, fully cooked dinosaur-shaped chicken "Fun Nuggets" or Dino Chicken Nuggets. A limi...
Nov 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The logo of Tyson Foods is seen in Davos, Switzerland, May 22, 2022. Picture taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Father of accused July Fourth gunman in Chicago suburb pleads guilty
(Reuters) -An Illinois father pleaded guilty on Monday to multiple counts of reckless conduct for helping his troubled underage son obtain a gun that the latter used to kill seven people at a Fourth o...
Nov 06, 2023 File photo: Robert E. Crimo III's mother Denise Pesina and father Robert Crimo Jr. attend a hearing for their son in Lake County court, in Waukegan, Illinois, U.S., August 3, 2022. Nam Y. Huh/Pool via REUTERS/File photo
Iowa Governor Reynolds to endorse DeSantis' presidential bid, source says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds will endorse Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's bid to be the Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential race on Monday, according to a source familiar ...
Nov 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks next to Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds during a "Fair-Side Chat" hosted by the governor at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., August 12, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
