Category Archives: National
Supreme Court set to issue rulings as Trump awaits fate of tariffs
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court could issue at least one ruling on Friday as several major cases remain pending including litigation testing the legality of Presid...
Jan 09, 2026 A semi-truck drives past Chinese shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington, California, U.S., November 5, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake
With tension high in Minnesota, border agent shoots two in Oregon traffic stop
By Renee Hickman and Maria Alejandra Cardona MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Tension over U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown rose across the United States after a second shooting invol...
Jan 09, 2026 A person looks through a vehicle’s sunroof as people protest against increased immigration enforcement, a day after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 8, 2026. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
US border agents shoot and wound two people in Portland
Jan 8 (Reuters) - U.S. federal agents shot two people in Portland, Oregon, who were taken to hospital, police said on Thursday while urging the city to remain calm after heightened tensions following ...
Jan 08, 2026 FBI agents work outside Adventist Hospital after U.S. federal agents shot two people in Portland, Oregon, U.S., January 8, 2026. REUTERS/John Rudoff
US Senate votes to curb military action in Venezuela, Trump says oversight could last years
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to advance a resolution that would bar President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without congressiona...
Jan 08, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth look on during a press conference following a U.S. strike on Venezuela where President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, from Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
After fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis, Illinois Democrats seek Kristi Noem's impeachment
Article Summary S. Rep. Robin Kelly plans to file impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after federal agents shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wedn...
Jan 08, 2026 U.S. Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem poses with Illinois Republicans during a May 2025 visit to Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jade Aubrey)
US federal workforce drops to lowest level in at least a decade
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. federal workforce fell to the lowest level in at least a decade, according to government data published on Thursday, the result of President Donald Trump's campa...
Jan 08, 2026 A man walks into the U.S. governmental office building immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza Customs in New York City, U.S., October 1, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Tensions in Minneapolis rise over ICE fatal shooting of woman
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Tensions between Minnesota and federal officials deepened on Thursday over a U.S. Immigration agent's fatal shooting of a 37-year-old mother of three in Minneapolis, an ...
Jan 08, 2026 A federal agent gestures towards a demonstrator at a protest against the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, during a rally against increased immigration enforcement across the city outside the Whipple Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 8, 2026. REUTERS/Tim Evans
US Senate advances measure curbing Trump's Venezuela war powers
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate advanced a resolution on Thursday that would bar President Donald Trump from further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorization...
Jan 08, 2026 FILE PHOTO: A photograph posted by U.S. President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account shows him sitting near CIA Director John Ratcliffe and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as they watch the U.S. military operation in Venezuela from Trump's Mar a Lago resort, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2026. @realDonaldTrump/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo
US weekly jobless claims increase marginally
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose moderately last week, suggesting that layoffs were relatively low at the end of 2025, thoug...
Jan 08, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Two die in shooting in Salt Lake City church parking lot, several injured
By Kanishka Singh Jan 7 (Reuters) - Two people were killed and several injured in a shooting during an altercation outside a funeral at a church in the Utah capital of Salt Lake City, police said on W...
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