Category Archives: National
US government opens back up but deep political divisions remain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government is due to lumber back to life on Thursday after the longest shutdown in U.S. history snarled air traffic, cut food assistance to low-income Americans and forc...
Nov 13, 2025 American flags flutter in front of the U.S. Capitol more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson hospitalized
(Reuters) -U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is hospitalized and currently under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition, which he founded, ...
Nov 13, 2025 Rev. Jesse Jackson attends Day one of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 19, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Trump signs deal to end longest US government shutdown in history
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, hours after the House of Representatives voted to restart disrupted...
Nov 13, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump signs the funding bill to end the U.S. government shutdown, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
US House takes step toward ending longest government shutdown in history
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The House of Representatives took a procedural step toward ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history on Wednesday, advancing a stopgap funding package to restart dis...
Nov 12, 2025 U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) walks surrounded by the media, as members of the U.S. House of Representatives returned to Washington after a 53-day break, for a vote that could bring the longest U.S. government shutdown in history to a close, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
US Supreme Court to hear Trump's bid to fire Fed's cook on January 21
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it will hear arguments on January 21 in President Donald Trump's attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, a move without prec...
Nov 12, 2025 Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook speaks on "The Outlook for the Economy and Monetary Policy" at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 3, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US flight cancellations fall as air traffic control absences shrink
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. flight cancellations have fallen sharply over the last day as air traffic control absences shrank just hours before the House of Representatives is set to vote on a bill on ...
Nov 12, 2025 A U.S flag flies outside as passengers wait at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, more than a month into the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 11, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
UPDATE: House Democrats release Epstein papers saying Trump 'knew about the girls'
UPDATED 1:55 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -House Democrats on Wednesday released emails which they said raised new questions about President Donald Trump's relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffre...
Nov 12, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the U.S. government shutdown, during the swearing-in ceremony for Sergio Gor as U.S. Ambassador to India, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 10, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Bessent, US Treasurer to strike final penny at Philadelphia Mint
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Treasurer Brandon Beach will visit the Philadelphia Mint on Wednesday to oversee production of the final circulating one-cent coin or ...
Nov 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: One-cent U.S. coin, known as the penny, is shown in this picture illustration, after U.S. President Donald Trump informed on his Truth Social media account that he instructed the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to stop producing new pennies, February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Illustration/File Photo
Jack Schlossberg, grandson of JFK, to run for US Congress
(Reuters) -Jack Schlossberg, grandson of the 35th U.S. president, John F. Kennedy, plans to run for Congress next year, continuing the legacy of one of America's most storied political families. Schlo...
Nov 12, 2025 Jack Schlossberg, grandson of President John F. Kennedy, speaks at the 2024 Profile in Courage Award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 9, 2024. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha
Oil prices fall as oversupply concerns overshadow US government reopening
LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices fell more than 1% on Wednesday, weighed down by oversupply in the market despite expectations that an end to the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown could boost oil dema...
Nov 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view shows oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia June 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Manzyuk/File Photo
