Category Archives: National
Trump threatens Iran over protest crackdown as deadly unrest flares
DUBAI, Jan 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to come to the aid of protesters in Iran if security forces fire on them, days into unrest that has left several dead and pose...
Jan 02, 2026 FILE PHOTO: People walk past stores as the value of the Iranian Rial drops, in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS /File Photo
New York Mayor Mamdani vows to enact democratic socialist agenda
NEW YORK, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Democrat Zohran Mamdani became New York City's mayor on Thursday, vowing during a public swearing-in ceremony on the steps of City Hall to enact an aggressive agenda aimed ...
Jan 02, 2026 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signs a registry as City Clerk Michael McSweeney holds the book after Mamdani was sworn in as mayor, in New York City, U.S., January 1, 2026. Amir Hamja/Pool via REUTERS
US federal workers challenge Trump policy on gender-affirming care
Jan 1 (Reuters) - A group of federal government employees on Thursday filed a class action complaint against President Donald Trump's administration over a new policy that will eliminate coverage for ...
Jan 01, 2026 FILE PHOTO: People hold pro-trans signs after a hearing in the multi-state lawsuit over President Trump's order ending all federal funding or support for healthcare that aids gender transitions for people younger than 19, outside a courthouse in Seattle, Washington, U.S., February 28, 2025. REUTERS/David Ryder/File Photo
Mamdani's inauguration: New York, New Year, new mayor
NEW YORK, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as New York City mayor in the first minutes of the New Year at the historic City Hall subway station, with his wife Rama Duwaji standing by his...
Jan 01, 2026 Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor of New York City at Old City Hall Station, New York, U.S., Thursday, Jan 1st 2026. Amir Hamja/Pool via REUTERS
Around 40 killed, 100 injured in explosion in Swiss ski resort bar, police say
LENS, Switzerland, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Around 40 people have been killed and 100 injured, most of them seriously, after an explosion tore through a crowded bar during a New Year's Eve party in the upsca...
Jan 01, 2026 Emergency personnel work at the site of an explosion and fire at the "Le Constellation" bar, where several people died and others were injured after an explosion tore through a crowded New Year’s Eve party, according to Swiss police, in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, January 1, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Trump says National Guard being removed from Chicago, LA and Portland
WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his administration was removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland but he added in his social media ...
Dec 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: National Guard members walk at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
Trump administration freezes child day care payments to Minnesota
Dec 31 (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump's administration has announced a freeze on child day care payments to Democratic-led Minnesota, ramping up what the state's governor had characteri...
Dec 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz looks on during a House Oversight Committee hearing with U.S. governors about state policies regarding undocumented migrants, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
US government audits cases of Somali US citizens for potential denaturalization
WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration said on Tuesday it was auditing immigration cases involving U.S. citizens of Somali origin to detect fraud that could lead to den...
Dec 31, 2025 An American flag sits in a thermostat at U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., November 28, 2025. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
US weekly jobless claims fall to 1-month low
Dec 31 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell unexpectedly last week to the lowest in a month, but the unemployment rate likely remained high in December...
Dec 31, 2025 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
US DOJ to review 5.2 million pages of Epstein files, document shows
Dec 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department revealed it has 5.2 million pages of Epstein files left to review and needs 400 lawyers from four different department offices to help with the process t...
Dec 31, 2025 Newly-released documents from disgraced late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, referencing court cases against him, are seen in this handout released by the U.S. Justice Department and printed and arranged for a photograph by Reuters in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
