Category Archives: National
Senator Graham wins temporary reprieve from testifying in Trump Georgia probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An appeals court put on hold U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham's scheduled testimony for Tuesday before a grand jury in Georgia probing efforts by Donald Trump to overturn the former ...
Aug 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) asks questions to Attorney General Merrick Garland (not pictured) during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, at the Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., April 26, 2022. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
At least 21 killed in Somalia hotel siege, many hostages freed
MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somali forces have ended a deadly siege at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu which saw more than 20 people killed and dozens of hostages freed, authorities said on Sunday. Elite ar...
Aug 21, 2022 Police and military officials comb the scene of an al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group militant attack, in Mogadishu, Somalia August 21, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Russian missile wounds 12 in Ukrainian town not far from nuclear plant
KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian missile hit a residential area of a southern Ukrainian town not far from a nuclear power station on Saturday, wounding 12 civilians and heightening fears of a nuclear acciden...
Aug 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian service members observe an area at a position near a frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Dmytro Smolienko/File Photo
U.S. wants airlines to boost help for stranded, delayed passengers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has urged the 10 largest U.S. airlines to do more to help stranded and delayed passengers, calling the level of disruption travelers have...
Aug 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People wait in long check-in lines after dozens of flights were listed as cancelled or delayed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) in Seattle, Washington, U.S. December 27, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
U.S. CDC probing E.coli outbreak in four states as some Wendy's customers fall ill
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is probing an E.coli bacteria outbreak in four states from an unknown food source, with many of the affected reported to have ha...
Aug 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/
U.S. Treasury disputes finding that new IRS funding would increase middle-class taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As a political messaging war rages over $80 billion in new Internal Revenue Service funding, a U.S. Treasury official is pushing back on an informal estimate that the money coul...
Aug 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A sign for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is seen in Washington, U.S. September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo
Islamic State militant gets life in U.S. prison over killing of American hostages
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge on Friday sentenced a member of an Islamic State cell known as "The Beatles" to life in prison for involvement in a hostage-taking plot that led to the ...
Aug 19, 2022 Members of the media gather outside of the Federal Courthouse as they wait for statements following the sentencing of El Shafee Elsheikh, a former British citizen and IS fighter, in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Biden administration readies about $800 million in additional security aid for Ukraine -sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration is readying about $800 million of additional military aid to Ukraine and could announce it as soon as Friday, three sources familiar with the...
Aug 19, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks during a signing ceremony for "The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. August 16, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
U.S. judge says he leans toward releasing some evidence for Trump search
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday said he is leaning toward releasing some of the evidence presented by the U.S. Justice Department to justify its search of Donald Trump's Flor...
Aug 18, 2022 A view of the Paul G. Rogers Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, before a Federal judge holds a hearing on the motion to unseal the search warrant on former President Donald Trump's home, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
White House: U.S. to add 1.8 million doses to monkeypox vaccine supply
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will boost its supply of monkeypox vaccine by making an additional 1.8 million doses of Bavarian Nordic's Jynneos vaccine available for ordering starting Aug. ...
Aug 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Workers sit outside of D.C. Health's first monkeypox vaccination clinic, which is administering the first Jynneos vaccine doses distributed in the U.S. capital, in Washington, U.S., June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Gavino Garay
