Category Archives: National
Sean 'Diddy' Combs sentenced to more than 4 years in prison over prostitution conviction
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison over the hip-hop mogul's July 2 conviction on prostitution-related charges. Combs, 55, was convicted on...
Oct 03, 2025 Sean "Diddy" Combs listens as lawyer Alexandra Shapiro argues during a hearing over his bid to overturn his conviction on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, at a courtroom in New York, U.S., September 25, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Trump wants to cut federal aid to Portland as his anger with protesters grows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has directed his team to review federal aid to Portland, Oregon, that can be cut as his anger with the city's anti-government and anti-fascism protest...
Oct 03, 2025 A demonstrator dressed in an inflatable frog costume stands infront of law enforcement officers during a protest outside of the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) headquarters in south Portland, Oregon, U.S., October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Scuffles and arrests outside Chicago ICE facility that has been protest focus
BROADVIEW, Illinois (Reuters) -Several arrests were made on Friday as hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in suburban Chicago that has been t...
Oct 03, 2025 A demonstrator is detained as people protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
FBI cuts ties with civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center
(Reuters) -The FBI has cut ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that tracks extremist groups, after conservatives criticized the nonprofit for including slain right-w...
Oct 03, 2025 A person passes by the FBI seal on the wall of the FBI headquarters, days after the Trump administration launched a sweeping round of cuts at the Justice Department, in Washington, U.S., February 3, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Trump freezes Chicago transit funding, targeting Democratic areas in shutdown
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 the government shutdown entered...
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
Sean 'Diddy' Combs sentencing hearing on prostitution-related charges kicks off
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean "Diddy" Combs sentencing hearing on prostitution-related charges kicked off on Friday, with prosecutors pushing for the hip-hop mogul to spend more than a decade in prison and...
Oct 03, 2025 Sean "Diddy" Combs listens as lawyer Alexandra Shapiro argues during a hearing over his bid to overturn his conviction on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, at a courtroom in New York, U.S., September 25, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Trump's powers in spotlight as new Supreme Court term looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court is set to scrutinize presidential powers in major cases during its new term opening on Monday, including the legality of President Donald Trump's tariffs a...
Oct 03, 2025 The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
US Senate to vote on dueling plans to end shutdown, though neither likely to pass
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will vote again on Friday on dueling Democratic and Republican plans to end a government shutdown now entering its third day, though there is no sign that either ...
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
With the US government dark, alternate sources show a sluggish September for jobs
(Reuters) -Alternate data from public and private sources, a substitute for official statistics delayed by a government shutdown, showed the U.S. job market likely remained stalled in September with s...
Oct 02, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A ?Help Wanted? sign hangs in restaurant window in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
US unemployment rate likely steady at 4.3% in September, Chicago Fed says
(Reuters) -The U.S. unemployment rate likely was 4.3% in September, unchanged from August, according to a new "real-time" estimate from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago published on Thursday. It wa...
Oct 02, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A ?Help Wanted? sign hangs in restaurant window in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
