Category Archives: National
Trump election investigation in Georgia headed to grand jury next week
(Reuters) - A Georgia prosecutor probing whether Donald Trump and his allies illegally sought to overturn the state's 2020 election results is expected to seek an indictment from a grand jury next wee...
Aug 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire, U.S., August 8, 2023. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha/File Photo
Hunter Biden's lawyers say US prosecutors reneged on plea deal
(Reuters) -Lawyers for Hunter Biden said in a late Sunday court filing that prosecutors reneged on a plea deal that would have resolved tax and firearms charges against the U.S. president's son as his...
Aug 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
After Maui wildfires kill 96, search for the missing continues
KAHULUI, Hawaii (Reuters) -The death toll from the Maui wildfires reached 96 on Sunday as relatives of the missing frantically searched for signs their loved ones may still be alive, while survivors g...
Aug 14, 2023 A Maui County firefighter fights flare-up fires in a canyon in Kula on Maui island, Hawaii, U.S., August 13, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Pope Francis denounces 'pain and shame' of Mediterranean migrant deaths
MILAN (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday urged politicians to address the "open wound" of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, saying he had been praying for the 41 people who died in a shipwreck earl...
Aug 13, 2023 Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican, August 13, 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
DeSantis and his backers paid $95,000 to Iowa religious leader's group, documents show
(Reuters) - As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis scrambles to shore up his struggling run for the Republican presidential nomination, he has spent far more than any rival on courting an influential Christ...
Aug 13, 2023 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
Trump swoops into Iowa Fair to scramble DeSantis' effort to reboot his campaign
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Republican presidential rivals Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis hold competing events in the early nominating state of Iowa on Saturday, at a time when the former president o...
Aug 12, 2023 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire, U.S., August 8, 2023. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha
Maui wildfire death toll hits 80 as questions raised over warnings
MAALAEA, Hawaii (Reuters) -The death toll from the Maui wildfires rose to 80 on Friday as search teams combed through the smoldering ruins of Lahaina, and Hawaiian officials sought to determine how th...
Aug 12, 2023 A view of flames as wildfires engulfed the historic town of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, U.S. August 9, 2023. Erin Hawk/Handout via REUTERS
UPDATE: FTX's Bankman-Fried headed for jail after judge revokes bail
UPDATED 2:50 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S judge on Friday revoked Sam Bankman-Fried's bail, after finding probable cause that the indicted founder of the bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange tampere...
Aug 11, 2023 Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, U.S., August 11, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Reactions to appointment of a US special counsel in Hunter Biden case
UPDATED 2:45 P.M. (Reuters) -Here are some reactions to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland's appointment on Friday of David Weiss as a special counsel to investigate whether President Joe Biden's s...
Aug 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: Hunter Biden likely to face trial as US special counsel named
UPDATED 12:43 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden may be headed for trial on criminal charges after talks on a potential plea deal reached impasse, the newly named U.S. S...
Aug 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
