Category Archives: National
NFL-Panthers take quarterback Young first in NFL Draft
(Reuters) - Carolina selected 2021 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Bryce Young first overall in the NFL Draft on Thursday while Houston took signal caller C.J. Stroud second and traded up nine spot...
Apr 28, 2023 Apr 27, 2023; Kansas City, MO, USA; Alabama quarterback Bryce Young on stage after he was drafted first overall by the Carolina Panthers in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft at Union Station. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Three killed when U.S. Army helicopters collide in Alaska
(Reuters) -Three U.S. Army pilots were killed and one was injured in Alaska on Thursday when two Apache helicopters returning from a training mission collided in flight, the 11th Airborne Division of ...
Apr 28, 2023 Ian Dick / CC
Trump accuser tells jury: 'He raped me whether I screamed or not'
NEW YORK (Reuters) -E. Jean Carroll, a writer accusing Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s, pushed back during a cross-examination on Thursday, exclaiming: "He raped me whether I screamed or n...
Apr 27, 2023 Former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll answers questions from Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina during a civil trial to decide whether former U.S. President Donald Trump raped Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in the mid-1990s, and defamed her by denying it happened, in New York, U.S., April 27, 2023 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
UPDATE: Former US Vice President Pence appears before grand jury probing Trump - media reports
UPDATED 5:27 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence appeared before a grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, ...
Apr 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence addresses the National Review Institute's 2023 Ideas Summit in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
UPDATE: South Korea leader stresses need for cooperation with Japan on North Korea
UPDATED 12:27 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol told U.S. lawmakers on Thursday it is necessary to speed up trilateral cooperation with Japan and the United States to cou...
Apr 27, 2023 South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol talks with members of the U.S. Congress after concluding his address to a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. April 27, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
U.S. military leak suspect to appear in court; had arsenal, prosecutors say
BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Air National Guardsman accused of leaking military secrets and keeping an arsenal of weapons in his bedroom will appear in federal court on Thursday, where federal prosecutor...
Apr 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Jack Douglas Teixeira, a U.S. Air Force National Guard airman accused of leaking highly classified military intelligence records online, appears wearing an orange jumpsuit, where the judge accepted his request to waive his right to a preliminary hearing in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. April 19, 2023 in a courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Margaret Small.
DeSantis, on foreign tour, hails Israel as 'valued and trusted' U.S. ally
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Potential U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Thursday hailed Israel as "one of the most valued and trusted" allies of his country as he visited Jerusalem during a foreig...
Apr 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the 2023 NHGOP Amos Tuck Dinner in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Caterpillar's Q1 profit rises on resilient demand, higher prices
(Reuters) -Heavy machinery maker Caterpillar Inc topped Wall Street earnings estimates after reporting a 31% rise in profit on Thursday as a boost in U.S. infrastructure spending kept its order books ...
Apr 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Caterpillar Inc. equipment is on display for sale at a retail site in San Diego, California, U.S., March 3, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake
US House passes Republican debt ceiling bill with steep spending cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly passed a bill to raise the nation's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, defying President Joe Biden by attaching sweeping spendin...
Apr 26, 2023 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) walks following a closed door meeting on Captiol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
'Donald Trump raped me,' writer says at civil trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The writer suing Donald Trump for allegedly raping her nearly 30 years ago told jurors at a civil trial on Wednesday that the former U.S. president sexually assaulted her and defam...
Apr 26, 2023 E. Jean Carroll, Former U.S. President Donald Trump rape accuser, departs following the start of a civil case at Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S., April 25, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
