Category Archives: National
US judge blocks Trump administration from suspending food aid benefits
BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from suspending all food aid for millions of Americans amid the ongoing government shutdown....
Oct 31, 2025 Workers distribute groceries at La Colaborativa’s food pantry in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Disney networks go dark on YouTube TV after failed talks
(Reuters) -Disney's networks went dark on Google's pay-TV platform YouTube TV after negotiations to reach a licensing deal failed, the companies said in separate statements late on Thursday. The affec...
Oct 31, 2025 ESPN+ logo is displayed in this illustration taken on July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Trump calls for US Senate to scrap filibuster rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. President Donald Trump called on Thursday for the removal of the Senate's filibuster rule, to bypass a Democratic roadblock during a government shutdown now in it...
Oct 31, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on board Air Force One en route to the U.S., October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US judge skeptical Trump administration can legally suspend food benefits
BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge in Boston on Thursday said it appeared to her that President Donald Trump's administration cannot legally suspend all food aid for millions of Americans amid the ongo...
Oct 30, 2025 A member of the National Guard packs food at a Los Angeles Regional Food Bank facility, 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 Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole
Trump shaves China tariffs in deal with Xi on fentanyl, rare earths
BUSAN, South Korea (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had agreed with President Xi Jinping to trim tariffs on China in exchange for Beijing cracking down on the illicit fentany...
Oct 30, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
States to urge US judge to block Trump administration from suspending food benefits
BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge in Boston will consider on Thursday whether to block President Donald Trump's administration from moving forward with plans to suspend food aid for millions of Americ...
Oct 30, 2025 A member of the National Guard packs food at a Los Angeles Regional Food Bank facility, 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 Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole
Fed lowers rates, but Powell suggests move may be the last of 2025
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A policy divide within the U.S. central bank and a lack of federal government data may put another interest rate cut out of reach this year, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell s...
Oct 30, 2025 U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference after the Fed cut interest rates by quarter of a percentage point, in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Israel says it will uphold Gaza truce after strikes kill more than 100
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Wednesday that it would abide by a ceasefire accord in Gaza, as health officials in the enclave said airstrikes had killed 104 people, with both...
Oct 29, 2025 Palestinians inspect the site of an overnight Israeli strike on a house, in Gaza City, October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Ebrahim Hajjaj REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT
Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba hours after devastating Jamaica
HAVANA/KINGSTON (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa slammed into Cuba early on Wednesday, hours after causing devastation in neighboring Jamaica as the strongest-ever storm on record to hit that Caribbean is...
Oct 29, 2025 Waves batter the shoreline ahead of Hurricane Melissa's landfall, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, October 28, 2025. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
Long-stalled push to make US daylight saving time permanent hits dead end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate briefly took up a long-stalled effort on Tuesday to make daylight saving time permanent and end the twice-yearly practice of switching clocks, but again failed to...
Oct 28, 2025 A bird flies across the U.S. Capitol rotunda, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
