Category Archives: National
Former Trump adviser Bannon on trial for defying congressional subpoena
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jury selection begins on Monday in the criminal trial of Steve Bannon, a former presidential aide to Donald Trump, who faces charges that he defied a congressional subpoena from...
Jul 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Steve Bannon, talk show host and former White House advisor to former President Donald Trump, arrives to U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Report finds 'systemic failures,' poor leadership in response to Uvalde shooting
(Reuters) -A Texas legislators' probe of the Uvalde school shooting that left 21 dead blamed "systemic failures" and poor leadership for contributing to the death toll, a report released on Sunday fou...
Jul 18, 2022 Police deploy in a hallway after Salvador Ramos entered Robb Elementary school to kill 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 24, 2022 in a still image from police body camera video. City of Uvalde Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
Gunman kills three in Indiana mall before being shot by armed bystander
(Reuters) - A gunman killed three people when he opened fire in the food court of a shopping mall outside Indianapolis on Sunday before a bystander fatally shot the assailant, media reported. Two othe...
Jul 17, 2022 Law enforcement officers stand guard near the crime scene after a shooting at a mall in the Indianapolis suburb of Greenwood, Indiana, U.S. July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Russia prepares for next stage of Ukraine offensive in face of new Western weapons
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia is preparing for the next stage of its offensive in Ukraine, a Ukrainian military official said, after Moscow said its forces would step up military operations in "all operation...
Jul 17, 2022 Emergency crew work amidst collapsed building site in Chuhuiv Town, Kharkiv, Ukraine, in this handout image obtained by REUTERS on July 16, 2022. State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS
UAE detains U.S. lawyer for Khashoggi on money laundering charges
(Reuters) - United Arab Emirates authorities have detained Asim Ghafoor, a U.S. citizen and civil rights attorney who previously served as a lawyer for slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said U.S.-base...
Jul 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds picture of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a protest in front of Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, October 5, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal
Biden disputes Saudi account of Khashoggi murder discussion
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday differed with Saudi Arabia in their account of discussions at a bilateral summit about the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a major poin...
Jul 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden attends the Jeddah Security and Development Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 16, 2022. Saudi News Agency/Handout via REUTERS
Biden tells Arab leaders that U.S. is committed to region
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) -President Joe Biden told an Arab Summit on Saturday that the United States would remain firmly committed to its allies in the Middle East and was "not going anywhere" a...
Jul 16, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 16, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Medical examiner says Ivana Trump's death was accidental
(Reuters) - Ivana Trump, former U.S. President Donald Trump's first wife who passed away on Thursday, died as a result of an accident after suffering blunt force trauma injuries to her torso, the New ...
Jul 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ivana Trump smiles at her belated birthday party at the Pangaea Soleil club during the 59th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 24, 2006. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Biden says he will act on climate after talks collapse in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Friday he would act on his own to cut climate emissions and urged his fellow Democrats to pass the few elements of their sweeping domestic policy pac...
Jul 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People protest against U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) as they blockade the Grant Town Coal Waste Power Plant in Grant Town, West Virginia, U.S., April 9, 2022. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo
U.S. House passes bill to protect right to travel for abortion
(Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed legislation to safeguard the right to travel across state lines to seek an abortion after several states banned the procedure in the wake ...
Jul 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Women's March activists hold signs outside the White House in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 9, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
