Category Archives: National
Trump's Detroit trip puts manufacturing back in focus amid US factory job slump
DEARBORN, Michigan, Jan 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump traveled to Detroit on Tuesday, aiming to refocus attention on U.S. manufacturing and his efforts to tackle high consumer costs as the Whi...
Jan 13, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Jim Farley, CEO of Ford and Corey Williams, Ford River Rouge Plant Manager, as he visits a Ford production center in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., January 13, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' comic strip creator and Trump fan, dead at 68
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - "Dilbert" comic strip creator Scott Adams, a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump whose career flagged after a racist rant, died on Tuesday, his wife said. He was 6...
Jan 13, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Scott Adams, the creator of "Dilbert", the cartoon character that lampoons the absurdities of corporate life, poses with two "Dilbert" characters at a party January 8, 1999 in Pasadena. The party celebrated the new half-hour animated series "Dilbert", which debuts on the UPN television network January 25./File Photo
Bill and Hillary Clinton refuse to testify in House Epstein probe
By Bhargav Acharya Jan 13 (Reuters) - Bill and Hillary Clinton on Tuesday refused to testify in a Republican-led congressional investigation of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Ep...
Jan 13, 2026 former U.S. President?Bill?Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary?Clinton arrive at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Marietta, Georgia, U.S., November 28, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US Supreme Court scrutinizes state transgender sports bans
By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Idaho and West Virginia and a lawyer for President Donald Trump's administration defended the legality of laws banning transgender athlet...
Jan 13, 2026 A transgender rights supporter holds a placard while demonstrating on the day justices are expected to hear oral arguments in two cases concerning efforts to enforce Republican-backed state laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools, outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 13, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Trump's Detroit trip to put manufacturing back in focus amid US factory job slump
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will visit Detroit on Tuesday to refocus attention on U.S. manufacturing and his efforts to tackle high consumer costs, shifting fr...
Jan 13, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump walks after arriving on the South Lawn aboard Marine One, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 11, 2026. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
US consumer prices increase as expected in December
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased in December as the distortions related to the government shutdown that had artificially lowered inflation in November un...
Jan 13, 2026 Customers shop for groceries at a Walmart Supercenter retail store in North Bergen, New Jersey, U.S., November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Denmark, Greenland to meet Vance, Rubio on Wednesday amid Trump's takeover threat
COPENHAGEN, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland will meet U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday, the Danish foreign minister said, ...
Jan 13, 2026 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance attend a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Paramount sues Warner Bros for Netflix deal details, plans proxy fight
Jan 12 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance on Monday sued Warner Bros Discovery for more information on a rival $82.7 billion deal with Netflix, escalating a battle to take control of one of the most stori...
Jan 12, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Paramount and Warner Bros logos are seen in this illustration taken December 8, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Some Republican lawmakers unsettled by probe of Powell, warn of impact on Fed
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A growing number of Republicans in Congress expressed concern on Monday about the Trump administration's threat to indict Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, with two s...
Jan 12, 2026 U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) arrives to attend a briefing for senators on the situation in Venezuela, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 7, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Homeland Security to send hundreds more officers to Minnesota, Noem says
By Julia Harte, Matt Tracy and Curtis Williams Jan 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is sending "hundreds" more officers to Minnesota, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sai...
Jan 12, 2026 U.S. Border Patrol agents detain a man off the sidewalk, after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 10, 2026. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
