Category Archives: National
US agency will charge $45 fee for air passengers without REAL IDs
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said on Monday it will begin charging air travelers $45 on February 1 if their IDs do not meet stricter federal standards,...
Dec 01, 2025 A Real ID signage is displayed at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, U.S., May 7, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
US screened record 3.13 million airline passengers on Sunday
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said it screened 3.13 million airline passengers on Sunday, the highest number for a single day. The record travel coincid...
Dec 01, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Passengers wait to board flights for the Thanksgiving holidays, at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 26, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska/ File Photo
Luigi Mangione due in court for pretrial hearings over U.S. healthcare executive's killing
NEW YORK, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down a UnitedHealthcare executive outside a Manhattan hotel, is due in state court on Monday for a series of high-stakes hearings...
Dec 01, 2025 Luigi Mangione, 26, a suspect in the New York City killing of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson, poses for a booking photograph in Altoona, Pennsylvania, U.S. December 10, 2024 in a combination of photographs. Altoona Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
National Guard shooting suspect radicalized in US, homeland secretary says
WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities believe the Afghan immigrant accused of ambushing National Guard members in Washington, D.C., was not radicalized until after he came to the United Stat...
Dec 01, 2025 A picture of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who is the suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members, is displayed at a press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel, attorney Jeanine Pirro and other authorities, in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 27, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Ukrainian delegation heads to US for peace talks after lead negotiator's exit
KYIV, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that a delegation headed by security council secretary Rustem Umerov was on its way to the United States to continue t...
Nov 29, 2025 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll attend a meeting, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, November 20, 2025. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Hong Kong mourns victims of blaze that killed 128 and counting
HONG KONG, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Hong Kong on Saturday mourned the 128 people known to have died in a massive fire at a high-rise apartment complex, a toll that is likely to rise with 150 still missing d...
Nov 29, 2025 A man places flowers at a makeshift memorial near Wang Fuk Court housing estate to pay tribute to victims of the deadly fire at the Wang Fuk Court housing complex, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, China November 29, 2025. REUTERS/Lam Yik
National Guard member dies as ambush in US capital becomes political flashpoint
PALM BEACH, Florida/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A National Guard member died on Thursday after being shot near the White House in an ambush that investigators say was carried out by an Afghan national, an ...
Nov 28, 2025 U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro speaks during a press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel and other authorities about the shooting of two National Guard members on November 26, in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 27, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard. Displayed on the right pictures of two National Guard members who were shot, along with a picture of the Afghan suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal
US Thanksgiving online sales expected to rise 6%, Salesforce data shows
(Reuters) -Online sales in the U.S. on the Thanksgiving holiday are expected to rise 6% compared with last year to reach $8.6 billion, data from Salesforce showed on Thursday, suggesting shoppers were...
Nov 28, 2025 Amazon boxes are seen stacked for delivery in the Manhattan borough of New York City, January 29, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Trump vows to freeze migration from 'Third World Countries' after D.C. attack
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration will "permanently pause" migration from all "Third World Countries", following the death of a National Guard member in an att...
Nov 28, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Tokyo, Japan, October 28, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Hong Kong buildings blaze kills 36, nearly 300 missing
HONG KONG (Reuters) -At least 36 people were killed and 279 were missing on Wednesday after Hong Kong's deadliest fire in three decades ripped through high-rise residential towers sheathed in flammabl...
Nov 26, 2025 Fire burns bamboo scaffolding across multiple buildings at Wang Fuk Court housing estate, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, November 26, 2025. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
