Category Archives: National
Son of slain Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner due back in court
By Steve Gorman and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The younger son of slain Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner was due in court on Wednesday to enter a plea to murder charges stemming from t...
Jan 07, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Nick Reiner, son of Rob Reiner, attends the Los Angeles Premiere of ''Spinal Tap II: The End Continues'' at The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 9, 2025. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci/File Photo
Exclusive-In post-Maduro Venezuela, US eyes security chief as potential target, sources say
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has put Venezuela's hardline interior minister on notice that he could be at the top of its target list unless he helps Interim Presi...
Jan 06, 2026 Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello attends the swearing-in ceremony of Vice President Delcy Rodriguez as Venezuela’s interim president at the National Assembly, after the U.S. launched a strike on the country and captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 5, 2026. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
Hilton drops Minneapolis hotel over cancelled ICE bookings
NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Hilton Worldwide Holdings has removed from its system a Minneapolis hotel that has refused to accept the bookings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the hotel o...
Jan 06, 2026 The logo of Hilton hotels group is pictured in central Brussels, Belgium August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo
Trump discussing how to acquire Greenland; US military always an option, White House says
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and his team are discussing options for acquiring Greenland and the use of the U.S. military in furtherance of the goal is "always an option,"...
Jan 06, 2026 An aerial view shows a fjord in western Greenland, September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
Democrats warn of 'whitewash' five years after January 6 Capitol attack, while Trump rallies with Republicans
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Five years after the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Democrats in Congress accused Republicans of a "whitewash" of history while President Donald Trump deliv...
Jan 06, 2026 House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a statue dedication ceremony in honor of Barbara Rose Johns of Virginia, in Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
Medical groups' challenge to Kennedy-backed vaccine policies can proceed, US judge rules
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that several major medical organizations can move forward with their lawsuit challenging policies adopted under U.S. Health S...
Jan 06, 2026 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with U.S. Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during the inaugural Make America Healthy Again summit in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
US House Democrats holding January 6 riot forum on Trump election 'threats'
By Nolan D. McCaskill and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives will mark the fifth anniversary of a deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporter...
Jan 06, 2026 House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a statue dedication ceremony in honor of Barbara Rose Johns of Virginia, in Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
Update: Opening arguments to begin in trial of former Uvalde school officer accused of inaction during shooting
Updated at 8:54 a.m. By Brad Brooks Jan 6 (Reuters) - One of the first police officers on the scene of the 2022 attack at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 students and two teachers is now the ...
Jan 06, 2026 A couple visits memorial crosses in front of Robb Elementary School, as U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces the results of a review into the law enforcement response to a 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal/File Photo
US cuts broad recommendation for four childhood vaccines including flu
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The United States ended on Monday its longstanding guidance that all children receive vaccines against flu and three other diseases, a sweeping change that advances one o...
Jan 05, 2026 A view shows MMR vaccine at the City of Lubbock Health Department in Lubbock, Texas, U.S. February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Annie Rice/File Photo
Trump administration sets meetings with oil companies over Venezuela, source says
WASHINGTON/HOUSTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The administration of President Donald Trump is planning to meet with executives from U.S. oil companies later this week to discuss boosting Venezuelan oil produc...
Jan 05, 2026 Pipelines and an oil pump jack are seen in an oil field near Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas, Venezuela October 14, 2022. REUTERS/Issac Urrutia/File Photo
