Category Archives: National
U.S. Secret Service deleted texts sought in Jan. 6 probe, watchdog says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Secret Service deleted text messages from Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021 after they were requested by oversight officials investigating the agency's response to the Jan. 6 atta...
Jul 15, 2022 House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack led by Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., swears in the witnesses during during the seventh public hearing by the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, U.S., July 12, 2022. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS
Police seek Republican county clerk charged with election tampering in Colorado
DENVER (Reuters) - A county clerk who was indicted on felony charges of tampering with voting equipment and then lost a bid for the Republican nomination to Colorado's top election-management post has...
Jul 14, 2022 Tina Peters, the Mesa County, Colorado, clerk indicted on multiple felony counts stemming from an election security breach, poses in a jail booking photograph in Grand Junction, Colorado, U.S. March 9, 2022. Mesa County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
Ivana Trump, first wife of Donald Trump, dies at 73
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ivana Trump, the first wife of former U.S. President Donald Trump and the mother of his three oldest children, who helped her husband build some of his signature buildings includ...
Jul 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ivana Trump arrives at her belated birthday party at the Pangaea Soleil club during the 59th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 24, 2006. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Duckworth renews call for assault-style weapons ban
UPDATED 6:07 p.m. WASHINGTON, D.C. - One of Illinois' two U. S. Senators says there is no reason for anyone to have an AR 15, or other similar types of weapons, anywhere but on the battlefield. Senato...
Jul 14, 2022 (U.S. Senate)
Flood leaves dozens of homes damaged in southwest Virginia
UPDATE: 11:50 a.m. A deputy sheriff in Buchanan County, Virginia now says there are no residents unaccounted for in the "impact area" near where floodwaters damaged dozens of homes. ORIGINAL STORY: (R...
Jul 14, 2022
Biden defends Saudi trip, says he will not avoid human rights
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he would not avoid talking about human rights when he visits Saudi Arabia on the second leg of his Middle East trip and said his position...
Jul 14, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he leaves Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, on his way to Jersualem, near Tel Aviv, Israel, July 13, 2022. Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. weekly jobless claims rise for second straight week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose for a second straight week last week, suggesting some cooling in the labor market amid tighter monetary ...
Jul 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Ohio man charged with raping 10-year-old who later crossed state lines for abortion
(Reuters) -An Ohio man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who later traveled to neighboring Indiana for an abortion, a case that President Joe Biden highlighted in criticizing a U.S. Supr...
Jul 14, 2022 Gerson Fuentes poses for a booking photograph at the Franklin County Corrections Center in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. July 13, 2022. Franklin County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
Biden to sign joint pledge with Israel to prevent Iran going nuclear
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid will sign a joint pledge to deny Iran nuclear weapons on Thursday, closing ranks after long-running disputes between...
Jul 14, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid participate in a bilateral meeting, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
COVID or politics? Biden to avoid handshakes in Israel, Saudi Arabia
TEL AVIV (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will seek to reduce direct contact, such as shaking hands, during his visits to Israel and Saudi Arabia this week as part of enhanced COVID-19 precautions,...
Jul 13, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an update on the administration's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response and the state of vaccinations during an event in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
