Category Archives: National
Air travelers rethink plans as US government shutdown causes flight delays, cancellations
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The federal government shutdown is hamstringing the U.S. travel industry, and its effects are worsening as the stalemate in Congress continues. Travelers are starting to cancel tri...
Oct 09, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Travelers pass through a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security screening at Hollywood Burbank Airport during the first day of a partial U.S. government shutdown in Burbank, California, U.S., October 1, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo
Celebrations erupt in Gaza, Israel on news of deal to end two-year war
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Palestinians and the families of Israeli hostages broke into wild celebrations on Thursday after news of a pact between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza an...
Oct 09, 2025 People celebrate holding Israeli flags after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, at the "Hostages square", in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Trump says Israel, Hamas signed off on Gaza deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel and Hamas have signed off on the first phase of the U.S.-proposed Gaza deal, allowing for the release of all Israeli hostages, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wed...
Oct 08, 2025 Smoke rises following explosions amid the Israeli military offensive in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Suspect charged with igniting deadly Los Angeles Palisades Fire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A man was arrested in Florida on charges of intentionally igniting what would become California's devastating Palisades Fire, which killed 12 people and wiped out a wealthy encla...
Oct 08, 2025 Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is posed after his arrest on charges that he intentionally ignited the Pacific Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, before his first court appearance in Orlando, Florida, U.S. October 8, 2025. Department of Justice/Handout via REUTERS
Man arrested as suspect in setting California's deadly Palisades Fire, official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Florida man has been arrested on charges that he intentionally ignited the Pacific Palisades Fire in Los Angeles that killed 12 people, a law enforcement official familiar with...
Oct 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A home waiting for debris removal following the Palisades Fire is pictured in the Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 17, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo
Joan Bennett Kennedy, wife of late US Senator Ted Kennedy, has died, Boston Globe reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of a U.S. senator, the mother of a congressman and the sister-in-law of a slain president, has died at the age of 89, the Boston Globe report...
Oct 08, 2025 Joan Kennedy, first wife of late former U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, gets a standing ovation as she is recognized at the dedication ceremony for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, in Boston March 30, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Gaza talks taken up a notch as Hamas hands over hostage swap list
CAIRO (Reuters) -Talks to end the war in Gaza were taken up a notch on Wednesday with the expected arrival of senior figures from Israel, the U.S. and regional counties, after Hamas handed over its li...
Oct 08, 2025 Israeli military vehicles manoeuvre near the Israel-Gaza border, as seen from Israel, September 19, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Update: Ex-FBI chief Comey pleads not guilty to charges brought under pressure from Trump
Updated at 9:21 a.m. ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) -Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges accusing him of making false statements and obstructing a congr...
Oct 08, 2025 FILE PHOTO: James Comey, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is seen in a frame grab from a video feed as he is sworn in remotely from his home during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing exploring the FBI's investigation of the 2016 Trump campaign and Russian election interference in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2020. U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary/Handout via REUTERS//File Photo
Bondi says DOJ ending 'weaponization of justice' as it pursues Trump critics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi told a Senate panel on Tuesday that the Justice Department was ending the "weaponization of justice" even as several political adversaries of Pres...
Oct 07, 2025 U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is sworn in to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Trump's threat to invoke Insurrection Act escalates showdown with Democratic cities
(Reuters) -Donald Trump's threat to invoke a federal anti-insurrection law to expand his deployment of military personnel to U.S. cities has intensified the legal battle between the president and Demo...
Oct 07, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caudle, aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. October 5, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst REFILE - CORRECTING FROM "U.S. ARMY" TO "CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS ADMIRAL DARYL CAUDLE".
