Category Archives: National
Israeli forces shell Gaza on war anniversary, Qatar says Trump plan will take work
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -Israeli tanks, boats and jets pounded parts of Gaza on Tuesday, giving Palestinians no respite on the anniversary of the Hamas attack that led to two years of war and...
Oct 07, 2025 Smoke rises from explosions in Gaza, as seen from southern Israel, October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
White House says no shutdown-related layoffs yet, but warns they could come
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Monday backed off President Donald Trump's assertion that U.S. government employees were being laid off "right now" due to the shutdown, but warned that job lo...
Oct 06, 2025 People walk near the U.S. Capitol Building during the fifth day of a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 5, 2025. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz
US Supreme Court girds for culture wars with LGBT, guns and race cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court is set to wade back into the nation's culture wars during its new nine-month term that begins on Monday with a series of contentious cases on issues includ...
Oct 06, 2025 A view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., June 17, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Illinois sues to block Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago
(Reuters) -Illinois filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block U.S. President Donald Trump from deploying hundreds of federalized National Guard troops into the streets of Chicago. The Democratic-led ...
Oct 06, 2025 The flag of the U.S. state Ilinois is seen in this illustration taken, August 21, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
US federal shutdown enters sixth day as threat of layoffs looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government shutdown entered its sixth day on Monday, with President Donald Trump's Republicans and congressional Democrats still at an impasse and the White House threat...
Oct 06, 2025 People walk near the U.S. Capitol Building during the fifth day of a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 5, 2025. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz
Hamas readies for Gaza talks that US hopes will halt war, free hostages
WASHINGTON/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas officials arrived in Egypt on Sunday ahead of talks with Israel that the U.S. hopes will lead to a halt in fighting and the freeing of hostages in Gaza, wit...
Oct 05, 2025 Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on Saturday, on a house in the Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City October 5, 2025. REUTERS/Ebrahim Hajjaj
Trump says US hit another boat off Venezuela coast on Saturday
NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Virginia (Reuters) -U.S. forces hit another vessel allegedly carrying illegal drugs off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday evening, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday, a...
Oct 05, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump visits Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. October 5, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Hamas response to Trump plan wins hardline support, lifting hostage release hopes
CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a hardline ally of Hamas that also holds hostages, on Saturday endorsed the group's response to a U.S. plan to end the war in Gaza - a move that could ...
Oct 04, 2025 Displaced Palestinians sit next to a tent, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a U.S. plan to end the war, in the central Gaza Strip, October 4, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas agrees to parts of Trump's Gaza plan, seeks more talks
CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas said on Friday it would agree to some of the terms in U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the Gaza war, including releasing hostages, but avoided addressing more vexing is...
Oct 03, 2025 Displaced Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation in the central Gaza Strip, October 1, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Bid to end shutdown fails in Senate; Trump freezes aid to Chicago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration froze $2.1 billion in Chicago transit funding on Friday, starving another Democratic city of funds as a bid to end the government shu...
Oct 03, 2025 A view of the U.S. Capitol dome, following a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
