Category Archives: National
US government shutdown likely to end this week, White House adviser Hassett says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The 20-day U.S. federal government shutdown is likely to end this week, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Monday. "I think the Schumer shutdown is likely to end ...
Oct 20, 2025 The sun rises behind the Capitol Building, weeks into the continuing U.S. government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 18, 2025. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz
FAA says US air traffic control staffing issues cause more flight delays
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration said late Sunday that air traffic control staffing issues were delaying travel at airports in Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta and Newark as a U.S. go...
Oct 20, 2025 A sign marks the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, where air traffic controllers continue to work during the U.S. government shutdown, in Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S., October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Mediators step up diplomacy after Gaza truce shaken
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli fire killed three people near a ceasefire line in Gaza on Monday, medics said, with U.S. envoys expected in Israel to try to push forward the fragile truce that face...
Oct 20, 2025 Smoke rises following an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 20, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
Trump commutes prison sentence of former lawmaker George Santos, orders him released
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Friday commuted the more than seven-year prison sentence of former U.S. Representative George Santos for fraud and identity theft, ordering his immediate release. ...
Oct 18, 2025 George Santos, who was expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives, departs after the sentencing in his criminal corruption charges at Central Islip Federal Courthouse in Central Islip, New York, U.S., April 25, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
'No Kings' rallies expected to draw millions across US in protest against Trump
(Reuters) -More than 2,600 "No Kings" protest events are scheduled to take place on Saturday in all 50 U.S. states, a mass mobilization against President Donald Trump's policies on immigration, educat...
Oct 18, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump points a finger as he speaks at a press conference in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 15, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Zelenskiy to seek weapons from Trump in the shadow of a new Putin summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Volodymyr Zelenskiy will ask Donald Trump for Tomahawk missiles on Friday but the surprise announcement that the U.S. President will meet with Vladimir Putin in Budapest appeared...
Oct 17, 2025 Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building which was hit by Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 28, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Kiss lead guitarist Ace Frehley dies at 74
(Reuters) -Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist of the rock group Kiss, whose hard-driving sound, stage theatrics and iconic makeup created one of the most popular and groundbreaking bands of all ...
Oct 17, 2025 Kiss band member Ace Frehley poses with his award after the rock band was inducted at the 29th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York April 10, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
UPDATE: Ex Trump adviser Bolton pleads not guilty to mishandling classified information charges
Updated at 10:46 a.m. GREENBELT, Maryland (Reuters) -John Bolton, the national security hawk and former adviser to Donald Trump who has become one of the U.S. president's biggest critics, pleaded not ...
Oct 17, 2025 Former White House national security adviser John Bolton arrives at U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, in Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S., October 17, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Ex-national security adviser Bolton latest charged in Trump crackdown on critics
GREENBELT, Maryland (Reuters) -John Bolton, Donald Trump's former national security adviser, was indicted on Thursday on charges of retaining and transmitting national defense information, marking the...
Oct 16, 2025 Former National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks at the John F. Kennedy Jr Forum at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., September 29, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
US appeals court rejects Trump bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois for now
CHICAGO (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration's request to pause a lower court ruling that temporarily blocks the deployment of National Guard troops in Illi...
Oct 16, 2025 National Guard members walk at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
