Category Archives: National
RFK Jr proposes rules to cut US children's access to gender-affirming care
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved on Thursday to cut access to gender-affirming care for children, proposing rules that would bar hospitals that deliver ...
Dec 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with U.S. Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during the inaugural Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
US admits liability in fatal helicopter crash with American Airlines jet
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said late on Wednesday the federal government was liable in the fatal January 29 collision of an Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airl...
Dec 18, 2025 Maps are seen during a U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on the midair collision involving American Airlines 5342 and a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on January 29, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
With no winner Wednesday night, Powerball jackpot reaches $1.5 billion
URBANDALE, Ia. - No one won the Powerball jackpot on Wednesday night, meaning it now grows to $1.5 billion for Saturday night's drawing. Wednesday night's winning numbers were: 25, 33, 53, 62, 66 with...
Dec 18, 2025 (Powerball)
In holiday speech, Trump highlights victories amid sinking approval ratings
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - In a rare evening address from the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump boasted on Wednesday of his accomplishments and blamed his Democratic predecessor for soaring...
Dec 18, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 17, 2025. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS
FBI Deputy Director Bongino says he will step down next month
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino will step down from his post next month, he said on Wednesday, ending a short and at times tumultuous tenure as the bureau's second highe...
Dec 17, 2025 FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino arrives for a ceremony marking the 24th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
Trump prosecutor Jack Smith defends probes in House testimony
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Jack Smith, the former U.S. Justice Department special counsel who brought two now-dropped criminal cases against President Donald Trump, defended his investigation befo...
Dec 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith makes a statement to reporters after a grand jury returned an indictment of former U.S. President Donald Trump in the special counsel's investigation of efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat, at Smith's offices in Washington, U.S., August 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Son of filmmaker Rob Reiner appears in court on charges he murdered parents
LOS ANGELES, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The younger son of Hollywood filmmaker and political activist Rob Reiner made his first court appearance on Wednesday, charged with double murder in the stabbing deaths...
Dec 17, 2025 Alan Jackson, attorney of Nick Reiner, speaks in court to defend Reiner on murder charges for the killing of his parents Rob and Michele Weiner, in Los Angeles, U.S., December 17, 2025. Jae C. Hong/Pool via REUTERS
Authorities still trying to identify Brown University gunman three days into manhunt
(Reuters) - Authorities on Tuesday once again asked members of the public for help identifying the suspected gunman who killed two Brown University students in a classroom over the weekend, as the man...
Dec 17, 2025 The person of interest in connection with the December 13, 2025 shooting at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S., walks in a screengrab from video released by the Providence Police. Providence Police/via REUTERS
Border Patrol commander, agents reappear in force in Chicago immigrant communities
CHICAGO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Border Patrol agents returned to Chicago in force on Tuesday after a month-long slowdown, renewing a conflict with opponents of the agency's methods, according to a Re...
Dec 16, 2025 U.S. federal agents 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 the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
JD Vance asks for patience in Pennsylvania on US cost of living
ALBURTIS, Pennsylvania, Dec 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance called for patience as the administration works to rein in high living costs during a speech in Pennsylvania one week after Pres...
Dec 16, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to journalist during a meeting with the Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the presidential residence, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. Leo Correa/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
