Category Archives: National
Biden unveils plans for first day in office
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will cap a busy day of inauguration pageantry by using the powers of his new office to push policy changes on housing, student loans, climat...
Jan 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks about his plan to administer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the U.S. population during a news conference at Biden's transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
20,000 guardsmen to deploy for Biden inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- While Congress acted to impeach him, President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged his supporters to shun violence as the National Guard prepared to deploy at least 20,000 troops i...
Jan 13, 2021 REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Impeachment consideration to begin Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives expects to begin considering a second impeachment of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, a top Democrat said on Monday after the president was...
Jan 11, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence stand while making remarks about early results from the 2020 U.S. presidential election in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Washington Monument closed due to threats to disrupt Biden inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Park Service said on Monday it has closed the Washington Monument through Jan. 24 due to continuing threats, from groups involved in last week's pro-Trump riot...
Jan 11, 2021 REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
Chicago shooting spree leaves 3 dead, 4 injured
CHICAGO, Ill. -- At least three people are dead, including the gunman, and at least four others were injured following multiple shootings Saturday afternoon across Chicago and Evanston, according to p...
Jan 10, 2021 Midwest Communications
Indonesia locates black boxes of crashed jet, body parts also recovered
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities on Sunday located the black boxes of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea soon after taking off from the capital Jakarta, as human body parts and ...
Jan 10, 2021 An Indonesian Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) officer inspects the debris of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182, which crashed to the sea, at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 10, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Impeachment push from Democrats could come Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With only days left in his presidency, Donald Trump faces a renewed drive by Democrats to remove him from office. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top congress...
Jan 09, 2021 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
Indonesian plane feared to have crashed with 62 aboard
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A Sriwijaya Air plane with 62 people on board lost contact after taking off from Indonesia's capital Jakarta on a domestic flight on Saturday and rescuers said suspected debris had...
Jan 09, 2021 Antara Foto/Jessica Helena Wuysang via REUTERS
Twitter permanently suspends President Donald Trump
Twitter has permanently suspended the account of President Donald Trump. Twitter released the following statement pertaining to the suspension: "After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonal...
Jan 08, 2021
Man who sat at Nancy Pelosi's desk faces charges; FBI probes officer's death
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A West Virginia state lawmaker and a man pictured sitting at U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk are among those facing federal charges stemming from the ...
Jan 08, 2021 REUTERS/Leah Millis
