Category Archives: National
Investigators find 'black boxes' from UPS plane crash that killed at least 12
(Reuters) -U.S. federal safety investigators have located the "black box" recorders from the wreckage of a UPS cargo plane that crashed in flames on takeoff from the airport at Louisville, Kentucky, k...
Nov 06, 2025 Smoke rises from the wreackage of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet after it crashed on departure from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. November 4, 2025. Jeff Faughender/USA Today Network via REUTERS.
US to slash air traffic by 10% at 40 airports amid shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed on Wednesday that he would order a 10% reduction in scheduled air traffic at 40 major airports starting Friday unless a deal to...
Nov 05, 2025 A commercial aircraft flies past the Washington Monument during a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Senate Republicans brush off Trump's push to end filibuster
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday rebuffed President Donald Trump's call to end the longest government shutdown in history by terminating the filibuster, a rare rejection of t...
Nov 05, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a breakfast with Republican Senators at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. November 5, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
No big winner in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing
ATLANTA, Ga. - No one won the $800 million Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night. The winning numbers were 11, 17, 57, 50 and 14. The Mega Ball was 6. The jackpot for Friday night's Mega Millions drawin...
Nov 05, 2025 (Mega Millions Consortium)
Democrats sweep first major elections of second Trump term
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats swept a trio of races on Tuesday in the first major elections since Donald Trump regained the presidency, elevating a new generation of leaders and giving the beleaguer...
Nov 05, 2025 Democratic candidate for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani waves next to his wife Rama Duwaji after winning the 2025 New York City Mayoral race, at an election night rally in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 4, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
UPDATE: Death toll in Louisville UPS plane crash rises to 9
Updated at 7:57 a.m. (Reuters) -The death toll from the crash of a UPS cargo plane that erupted into a fireball moments after takeoff in Louisville, Kentucky on Tuesday has risen to nine, city and sta...
Nov 04, 2025 Smoke rises from the wreackage of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet after it crashed on departure from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. November 4, 2025. Jeff Faughender/USA Today Network via REUTERS.
Trump threatens to withhold food aid as cities, nonprofits ask judge to intervene
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that food assistance aid for millions of Americans will be given out only when the federal government shutdown ends, as lawyers for cities and no...
Nov 04, 2025 Volunteers place food items in vehicles during a mobile food distribution at Cedar Creek High School, as nearly 42 million Americans face a potential lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, known as food stamps, due to the second-longest U.S. government shutdown, in Cedar Creek, Texas, U.S., November 1, 2025. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee
Shutdown may force US to close some air space next week, official sees 'mass chaos'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Tuesday that if the federal government shutdown continues another week it could lead to "mass chaos" and could force him to close ...
Nov 04, 2025 U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy holds a press conference on the impact of the government shutdown on air travel, at LaGuardia Airport in the Queens borough of New York City, U.S., October 28, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Trump's agenda faces early test in elections in New York, New Jersey and Virginia
(Reuters) -Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will choose their next governors on Tuesday in a pair of races that will serve as an early gauge of the American electorate's mood after President Donald T...
Nov 04, 2025 Voters arrive at a polling site early on Election Day in Montclair, New Jersey, U.S., November 4, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar
US government shutdown ties record, as congressional inaction takes toll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government shutdown on Tuesday entered its 35th day, matching a record set during President Donald Trump's first term for the longest in history, as Republicans and Demo...
Nov 04, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People visit the Washington Monument, more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 2, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
