Category Archives: National
Donald Trump could be charged any day - what happens next?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump could be charged in New York as soon as this week for allegedly covering up hush money payments to a porn star during his 2016 presidential campaign, nearly seven yea...
Mar 20, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump greets fans as he arrives before the finals of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. March 18, 2023. Brett Rojo/USA TODAY Sports via REUTERS
Putin makes surprise trip to Russian-occupied Mariupol in wake of ICC warrant
(Reuters) -A day after being accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court, President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol, scene of some...
Mar 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin holds talks with China's President Xi Jinping via a video link from Moscow, Russia, December 30, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Kuravlev/Kremlin via REUTERS
UPDATE: UBS makes offer for Credit Suisse; bondholder losses considered
UPDATED 10:13 A.M. (Reuters) - UBS Group AG is in emergency talks to buy fellow Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse as authorities bid to stave off turmoil when global markets reopen on Monday, with rep...
Mar 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the Credit Suisse bank in Geneva, Switzerland, March 15, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Updated: Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday, calls for protests
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump said he expects to be arrested on Tuesday in a case brought by the Manhattan district attorney's office, and called on his supporters to protest...
Mar 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who announced a third run for the presidency in 2024, hosts a New Year's Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. December 31, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
SVB Financial seeks bankruptcy protection as banking turmoil persists
(Reuters) -SVB Financial Group said on Friday it filed for a court-supervised reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to seek buyers for its assets, days after its former unit Silicon Va...
Mar 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) logo is seen through broken glass in this picture illustration taken March 16, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Trump returns to Facebook
(Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump posted to Facebook on Friday, marking his return to the social media platform two years after he was banned. Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook and Inst...
Mar 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage to deliver remarks on education as he holds a campaign rally with supporters, in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UPDATE: Actor Lance Reddick of 'The Wire' dead at age 60
UPDATED 5:04 p.m. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Lance Reddick, best known for his role as a no-nonsense police chief on the acclaimed television series "The Wire" and for his work in the "John Wick" a...
Mar 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Actor Lance Reddick arrives at the 46th NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena, California February 6, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn
A transformed US Supreme Court pays tribute to Justice Ginsburg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Judges, scholars, lawyers, government officials and current U.S. Supreme Court members paid tribute to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday, honoring a liberal stalwar...
Mar 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivers remarks during a discussion hosted by the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 12, 2019. REUTERS/Sarah Silbige
Biden, Irish leader Varadkar discuss post-Brexit deal at White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar expressed support for a UK-EU deal on post-Brexit trade rules as the two leaders met at the White House on Friday....
Mar 17, 2023 Ireland's Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar speaks as he meets with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Putin over war crimes in Ukraine
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on Friday against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for the war crime of illegal ...
Mar 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the collegium of the Prosecutor General's office in Moscow, Russia, March 15, 2023. Sputnik/Pavel Bednyakov/Pool via REUTERS
