Category Archives: National
US 2024 hopeful DeSantis targets three federal departments for elimination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis would seek to eliminate the Departments of Energy, Commerce and Education, as well as the Internal Revenue Service, if he were elected president, h...
Jun 29, 2023 Republican U.S. presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visits the border community of Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. June 26, 2023. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal
Madonna postpones tour after hospitalization for infection
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop superstar Madonna has postponed the start of her upcoming tour after being hospitalized in intensive care for a serious bacterial infection, her manager said on Wednesday. ...
Jun 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Madonna poses on the red carpet a the Billboard Magazine's 11th annual Women in Music luncheon in New York, U.S., December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton File Photo
Former US Marine pleads not guilty in Jordan Neely killing on New York subway
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The former U.S. Marine sergeant accused of fatally strangling Jordan Neely, a homeless man, in a chokehold in a New York subway car last month pleaded not guilty to charges of mans...
Jun 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny is taken from a New York City Police precinct under arrest for the death of Jordan Neely, a man whose death has been ruled a homicide by the city's medical examiner after being placed in a chokehold on a subway train, in New York City, U.S., May 12, 2023. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Photo
UPDATE: Biden tries to flip skeptical Americans on his economic plan
UPDATED 12:54 P.M. CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden worked to lift Americans' dour mood about the economy with what his aides billed as a major speech on Wednesday, an effort to shore up a...
Jun 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden announces a $42.45 billion national grant program for high-speed internet infrastructure deployment called the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Trump: Document tape leaked to CNN is a 'hoax'
CONCORD, N.H. - Former President Donald Trump continues to insist he did nothing wrong, even after an audio tape was leaked to CNN suggesting he mishandled classified documents after he left office. A...
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US Supreme Court rejects bid to give lawmakers unchecked power over elections
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rebuffed a legal theory favored by many conservatives that could hand sweeping power to state legislatures to establish rules for presidential and congress...
Jun 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Mercenary chief Prigozhin starts exile in Belarus, Putin praises Russian troops
(Reuters) - Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin flew into exile in Belarus on Tuesday under a deal that ended a brief mutiny by his fighters, as President Vladimir Putin praised his armed force...
Jun 27, 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin stands in front of members of Russian military units, the National Guard and security services during his address to pay honour to armed forces, that upheld order during recent mutiny, in Cathedral Square at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 27, 2023. Sputnik/Sergei Guneev/Pool via REUTERS
British actor Julian Sands confirmed dead, months after vanishing in California wilderness
(Reuters) -British-born actor Julian Sands, best known for his role in the Oscar-celebrated film "A Room with a View," was confirmed dead on Tuesday, five months after he went missing while out for a ...
Jun 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Cast member Julian Sands takes part in the filming of a scene for the movie "Painted Bird" near the village of Boletice, Czech Republic November 12, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File Photo
Ryan Seacrest to host US game show 'Wheel of Fortune' after Pat Sajak retires
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "American Idol" TV show host Ryan Seacrest said on Tuesday he will be the new host of "Wheel of Fortune" beginning in 2024, after Pat Sajak retires and ends his four-decade run...
Jun 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Ryan Seacrest walks onstage in Times Square during the first New Year's Eve event without restrictions since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 31, 2022. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
Relentless heat wave scorches US South, air quality deteriorates over Midwest
(Reuters) - A prolonged heat wave kept its grip on the U.S. South on Tuesday as dangerously high temperatures rising well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) and oppressive humidity were on tap ...
Jun 27, 2023 Firefighter EMT William Dorsey lifts a migrant woman suffering from heat exhaustion onto a stretcher in the border community of Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. June 26, 2023. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal
