Category Archives: National
US Supreme Court reinstates Biden's 'ghost gun' restrictions - for now
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a request by President Joe Biden's administration to reinstate - at least for now - a federal regulation aimed at reining in privately made firearm...
Aug 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A police officer patrols outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. June 30, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
Former US Vice President Pence has qualified for Republican debate -team
(Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has qualified for the first Republican debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee, his campaign team said on Tuesday. Pence...
Aug 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President and Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Day Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., July 28, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo
US court blocks Biden debt relief rule benefiting defrauded students
(Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Monday blocked the Biden administration from proceeding with another piece of its student debt relief agenda, a rule that would make it easier for people who are ...
Aug 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his plans for continued student debt relief after a U.S. Supreme Court decision blocking his plan to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt, at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 30, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
With Trump absent, DeSantis likely to be top target at Republican debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The first Republican debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign is shaping up as a crucial moment for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who badly needs some momentum in his chall...
Aug 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Florida Governor Ron Desantis speaks as he is interviewed by Former Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson (not pictured) during the Family Leadership Summit at the Iowa Events Center, in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., July 14, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo
$1.55 billion up for grabs in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing
CHICAGO, Ill. - Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing could be a record-breaker. The Mega Millions jackpot currently stands at $1.55 billion. A single winning ticket would bring a cash option of $757....
Aug 08, 2023 (Mega Millions Consortium)
Gold Star families want answers, and heads to roll, following 2021 Afghanistan suicide bombing
ESCONDIDO, Cal. - At a Congressional forum on Monday, Gold Star families of soldiers killed during the U.S. exit from Afghanistan in 2021 said they want answers, and they want heads to roll. The heari...
Aug 07, 2023 Staff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover (Morgan Ortagus via Facebook)
William Friedkin, acclaimed 'Exorcist' director, dead at 87
(Reuters) -William Friedkin, who achieved cinematic immortality by directing the bleak, gritty 1971 drug-smuggling thriller "The French Connection" and the terrifying 1973 demon-possession blockbuster...
Aug 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Director William Friedkin attends a walking tour around Georgetown that focused on some of the film locations from the original Exorcist in Washington D.C., U.S. April 17, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
UPDATE: Trump argues proposed limits on 2020 election case evidence violate free speech
UPDATED 5:11 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's lawyers told a federal judge on Monday that strictly limiting the public release of evidence ahead of his 2020 election trial would violate his f...
Aug 07, 2023 Former U.S. President and Republican candidate Donald Trump makes a keynote speech at a Republican fundraising dinner in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. August 5, 2023. REUTERS/Sam Wolfe/File photo
Minneapolis ex-officer sentenced to nearly 5 years in Floyd killing
(Reuters) -Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao was sentenced on Monday to 4-3/4 years in prison for aiding and abetting manslaughter in the 2020 killing of George Floyd, a Black man whose neck ...
Aug 07, 2023 Former Minnesota police officer Tou Thao poses in a combination of booking photographs at Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 3, 2020. Hennepin County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
After heatwave, looming typhoon forces scouts to evacuate South Korea campsite
SEOUL (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of youngsters will be evacuated from the campsite of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea to get them out of the path of a looming typhoon, organizers said on Mo...
Aug 07, 2023 Participants take shelter from the strong sunlight at the camping site for the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
