Category Archives: National
US Senate compromise sets stage for end to government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The longest government shutdown in U.S. history could end this week after a compromise that would restore federal funding cleared an initial Senate hurdle late on Sunday, though ...
Nov 10, 2025 A member of security walks down the U.S. Capitol steps after the U.S. Senate advances a bill to end the government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 10, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US food aid benefits for 42 million hang on legal battles, shutdown
BOSTON (Reuters) -The availability of food aid for 42 million low-income Americans this month remained in question on Monday as legal wrangling over the benefits continued even as lawmakers take steps...
Nov 10, 2025 A sign for food stamps, as the U.S. President Donald Trump administration said it plans on Monday to partially fund food aid for millions of Americans after two judges ruled it must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits in November during the government shutdown, outside a grocery story in Baldwin, New York, U.S., November 3, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
US Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage right
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a bid by a former Kentucky county official to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, as the justices steered cl...
Nov 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Supporters of gay marriage wave the rainbow flag after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry at the Supreme Court in Washington June 26, 2015. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Trump pardons Giuliani and dozens of others accused of seeking to overturn his 2020 defeat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned dozens of allies accused of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark and Sidney Po...
Nov 10, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 9, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
US flight delays, cancellations accelerate as air traffic controller shortages surge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of travelers had their flights delayed or canceled on Sunday in the worst day for disruptions since the start of a U.S. government shutdown, as Transportati...
Nov 10, 2025 Travelers wait for their flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, more than a month into the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 9, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
US Senate on verge of advancing bill to end federal shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Sunday appeared poised to move forward with a measure aimed at reopening the federal government and ending a 40-day shutdown that has sidelined federal workers...
Nov 09, 2025 Signage warning of closures due to the U.S. Government shutdown in front of the National Gallery of Art, more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Trump calls for giving healthcare money 'directly to the people' as shutdown talks drag on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Republican senators to redirect federal money used to subsidize health insurance costs under the Affordable Care Act toward direct paymen...
Nov 08, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during an event to announce a deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to reduce the prices of GLP-1 weight‑loss drugs, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 6, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UPS, FedEx ground MD-11 fleets after deadly Louisville crash
(Reuters) -UPS and FedEx said on Friday they have grounded their combined fleet of more than 50 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes following a crash in Louisville, Kentucky this week that killed at ...
Nov 08, 2025 Smoke rises from the wreckage of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet after it crashed on departure from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky. Jeff Faughender/USA Today Network
In shutdown fight, fiscal hawks in US Congress push for flat spending
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican fiscal hawks in Congress are making a new pitch in the struggle to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history: Continue to spend at the same rate as last year...
Nov 08, 2025 A commercial aircraft flies over Washington, more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 6, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US hit with second day of flight cuts as shutdown drags on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. airlines and travelers slogged through a second day of flight cuts across the country on Saturday as the government shutdown was expected to drive more cancellations in the ...
Nov 08, 2025 American Airlines flights stage at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as the Trump administration warns of impending cuts to commercial airline operations more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., November 7, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
