Category Archives: National
UPDATE: Trump appeals order requiring Pence to testify in Jan. 6 probe -source
UPDATED 12:46 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump has appealed a judge's order requiring his former vice president, Mike Pence, to testify in the special counsel probe into effort...
Apr 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence stand while making remarks about early results from the 2020 U.S. presidential election in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
TN Democratic lawmakers expelled over gun control protest hope to reclaim seats
(Reuters) - Two Tennessee Democrats who were expelled from the Republican-dominated state House of Representatives last week over their participation in a gun control protest said on Sunday that they ...
Apr 10, 2023 Former lawmaker Justin Pearson attends an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht
Intel leak has U.S. officials bracing for impact at home and abroad
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The U.S. national security community is grappling with fallout from the release of dozens of secret documents, including the impact on sensitive information-sharing within the go...
Apr 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Pentagon is seen from the air in Washington, U.S., March 3, 2022, more than a week after Russia invaded Ukraine. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Golf-Rahm claims Masters title for second major victory
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Spaniard Jon Rahm won the Masters at Augusta National by four shots over LIV Golf's Brooks Koepka and Phil Mickelson on Sunday to claim his second major title. Rahm, who w...
Apr 10, 2023 Golf - The Masters - Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia, U.S. - April 9, 2023 Spain's Jon Rahm after putting for par on the 11th hole during the final round REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
China simulates striking Taiwan on second day of drills
TAIPEI (Reuters) -China's military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in a second day of drills around the island on Sunday, with the island's defense ministry reporting multiple air force sor...
Apr 09, 2023 Soldiers stand on the deck of a Chinese warship as it sails during a military drill near Fuzhou, Fujian Province, near the Taiwan-controlled Matsu Islands that are close to the Chinese coast, China, April 8, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Golf-Ailing Woods withdraws from Masters due to foot injury
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) -Tiger Woods withdrew from the Masters due to injury before the weather-delayed third round resumed on Sunday at Augusta National in cold conditions, the latest physical set...
Apr 09, 2023 Golf - The Masters - Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia, U.S. - April 8, 2023 Tiger Woods of the U.S. reacts on the 18th green during the second round REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Pope appeals to Russians on Ukraine, decries Middle East violence, in Easter message
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis appeared to ask Russians to seek the truth about their country's invasion of Ukraine in his Easter message to the world on Sunday and appealed for dialogue betwee...
Apr 09, 2023 Pope Francis arrives to attend the Easter Sunday mass at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
US judge suspends approval of mifepristone in latest abortion setback
(Reuters) -A U.S. judge in Texas on Friday suspended the two-decade-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone while a legal challenge proceeds, dealing another setback to abortion rights in the U...
Apr 08, 2023 Used boxes of Mifepristone pills, the first drug used in a medical abortion, fill a trash at Alamo Women's Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Evleyn Hockstein
Harris backs expelled Tennessee lawmakers, chides Republicans for ousting them
NASHVILLE (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris flew to Nashville on Friday in a show of support for Tennessee state lawmakers expelled for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control...
Apr 08, 2023 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an address after the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel two Democratic members, representatives Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, for their roles in a gun control demonstration at the Tennessee State Capitol, in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Golf-Pine trees fall near Masters patrons, nobody injured
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) -Three towering pine trees came crashing down near the tee box of the par-four 17th hole at Augusta National on Friday and sent patrons running for safety before play at the...
Apr 08, 2023 Golf - The Masters - Augusta National Golf Club - Augusta, Georgia, U.S. - April 7, 2023 Grounds staff collect debris on the fairway after a tree is uprooted on the 17th hole as inclement weather conditions cause play to be suspended for the second time during the second round REUTERS/Mike Blake
