Category Archives: National
With no winner Saturday night, Monday's Powerball jackpot hits $1.6 billion
URBANDALE, Ia. - The Powerball jackpot is still growing after no one won the top prize Saturday night. The winning numbers were: 4,5, 28, 52, 69...with a Powerball of 20. Monday night's jackpot sits a...
Dec 22, 2025 (Powerball)
Car bomb kills Russian general in Moscow, investigators say
MOSCOW, Dec 22 (Reuters) - A Russian general was killed by a car bomb in southern Moscow on Monday, Russian investigators said, adding that they suspected Ukrainian special services could have been be...
Dec 22, 2025 The damaged Kia Sorento lies at the scene where Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Russian General Staff's army operational training directorate, was killed in a car bomb in Moscow, Russia, December 22, 2025. REUTERS/Anastasia Barashkova
Justice Department restores Trump photo to public database of Epstein files
NEW YORK, Dec 21 (Reuters) - A photo of U.S. President Donald Trump that had been removed from the cache of Jeffrey Epstein files released by the Department of Justice was restored on Sunday after off...
Dec 22, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he makes an announcement about lowering the cost of drug prices, at the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Trump set to expand immigration crackdown in 2026 despite brewing backlash
WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing for a more aggressive immigration crackdown in 2026 with billions in new funding, including by raiding more workplaces - even as...
Dec 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. federal agents smash a car window while trying to detain a man during an immigration raid, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence to assist in crime prevention, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 17, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska/File Photo
Elise Stefanik, loyal Trump ally, ends New York governor bid and will leave politics
Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik, a House Republican leader and loyal ally of President Donald Trump, said on Friday she was bowing out of politics, including her recently announc...
Dec 20, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik arrives for the Republican caucus meeting, in Washington, U.S., May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Trump hopes North Carolina speech will bolster standing on US economy
ROCKY MOUNT, North Carolina, Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump traveled to the "battleground" state of North Carolina on Friday, seeking to convince Americans that his handling of the eco...
Dec 20, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump reacts at Rocky Mount Event Center in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak
US Epstein files release highlights Clinton, makes scant reference to Trump
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department released hundreds of thousands of pages of documents related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday that ...
Dec 19, 2025 A newly-released unsealed indictment of disgraced late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this handout image 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
US farm agency unlikely to issue more farm aid, says official
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is not considering issuing more farm aid beyond its recently announced $12 billion package meant to help farmers weather poor economic...
Dec 19, 2025 A combine harvests wheat in Kremlin, Oklahoma, U.S., June 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
Rubio says not concerned about escalation with Russia over Venezuela
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday told reporters that the United States is not concerned about an escalation with Russia when it comes to Venezuela, as Presi...
Dec 19, 2025 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds his end-of-year press conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
Trump, nine pharmaceutical companies strike deal to cut prices
Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and nine major pharmaceutical companies on Friday announced deals that will slash the prices of their medicines for the government's Medicaid program and...
Dec 19, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement about lowering the cost of drug prices, at the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTES/Evelyn Hockstein
