Category Archives: National
U.S. Senate Democrats could link same-sex marriage, gov't funding bills -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic leadership in the U.S. Senate could add language protecting gay marriage rights to a stopgap measure to keep the federal government funded and running, in a bill that ...
Sep 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Capitol Police officer stands on the Senate steps as storm clouds pass over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. July 18, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Trump ex-adviser Bannon faces state indictment in New York - Washington Post
(Reuters) -Steve Bannon, a prominent associate of former U.S. President Donald Trump, is expected to face a new criminal indictment and surrender to state prosecutors on Thursday, the Washington Post ...
Sep 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump's White House chief strategist Steve Bannon gestures as he departs after he was found guilty during his trial on contempt of Congress charges for his refusal to cooperate with the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Document seized from Trump home described foreign govt's nuclear capabilities -Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A document describing a foreign government's military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found in the FBI's search last month of former President Donald Trump's Fl...
Sep 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 3, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
New Mexico county commissioner first to be removed from office over Jan. 6
(Reuters) -A New Mexico county commissioner became the first public official to lose their job for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol when a state judge on Tuesday ruled that ...
Sep 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Couy Griffin founder of "Cowboys for Trump" organization and commissioner of Otero County, New Mexico looks on as he speaks to media after leaving federal court in Washington, U.S., June 17, 2022. REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis
U.S. says Russia is buying artillery ammunition from N.Korea -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. intelligence has assessed that Moscow is buying millions of artillery shells and rockets from North Korea, the New York Times reported, on the heels of reports that the Russ...
Sep 06, 2022 Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the Russian Land Forces Oleg Salyukov drive Aurus cabriolets during a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
One suspect in Canadian mass stabbings found dead, another still on the run
JAMES SMITH CREE NATION, Saskatchewan (Reuters) -Canadian police on Monday found one of the suspects in a mass stabbing spree dead while the other suspect, his brother, was still on the run and may be...
Sep 06, 2022 Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson, who are named by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) as suspects in stabbings in Canada's Saskatchewan province, are pictured in this undated handout image released by the RCMP September 4, 2022. RCMP/Handout via REUTERS
Boris Johnson bows out as British PM, Liz Truss to take over
ONDON (Reuters) -Boris Johnson bowed out as British prime minister on Tuesday, ending a tumultuous three years in office and bequeathing his successor Liz Truss a daunting list of problems to tackle. ...
Sep 06, 2022 Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street, on his last day in office as British prime minister watched by his wife Carrie, in London, Britain September 6, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
Mississippi city says water pressure restored for now but setbacks possible
(Reuters) -The city of Jackson, Mississippi, said most water pressure returned to normal on Sunday, a week after its main treatment plant failed, while U.S. officials warned it was still too early to ...
Sep 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Phillip Young, a local resident from Jackson, Mississippi takes a break while helping local volunteers with the distribution of bottles of water as city of Jackson and areas around are to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely after pumps at the water treatment plant failed, leading to the emergency distribution of bottled water and tanker trucks for 180,000 people, in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S., August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
U.S. judge agrees to appoint special master in Trump search case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Monday agreed to appoint a special master to review records seized by the FBI during its unprecedented search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate...
Sep 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A redacted FBI photograph of documents and classified cover sheets recovered from a container stored in former U.S. president Donald Trump's Florida estate, and which was included in a U.S. Department of Justice filing and released August 30, 2022. U.S. Department of Justice/Handout via REUTERS
Liz Truss named as Britain's next prime minister
LONDON (Reuters) -Liz Truss was named as Britain's next prime minister on Monday, winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative party at a time when the country faces a cost of living crisi...
Sep 05, 2022 British Foreign Secretary and Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss arrives for the announcement of Britain's next Prime Minister at The Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, Britain September 5, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley
