Category Archives: National
Trump picks former attorney to be top prosecutor, as he pressures Bondi to investigate foes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had appointed his former attorney Lindsey Halligan to be U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, hours after pressuri...
Sep 21, 2025 FILE PHOTO: New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference following a ruling against former U.S. President Donald Trump ordering him to pay $354.9 million and barring him from doing business in New York State for three years, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., February 16, 2024. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Photo
Trump, Vance to headline memorial service for Charlie Kirk in Arizona
GLENDALE, Arizona (Reuters) - A memorial service for Charlie Kirk on Sunday is expected to draw a massive crowd at a football stadium in Arizona, where President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance ...
Sep 21, 2025 A drone view shows people gathering to pay tribute to slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at the headquarters of Turning Point USA, ahead of a memorial service for him which is to be held on September 21, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., September 20, 2025. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Trump eyes 'important' announcement on autism findings Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday his administration would make an announcement about its autism findings on Monday, declining to offer specifics. "We're going to hav...
Sep 20, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the American Cornerstone Institute's Fourth Annual Founders Dinner at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate in Mount Vernon, V.A., U.S., September 20, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
Democratic leaders in U.S. Congress demand meeting with Trump as government shutdown looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and his counterpart in the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, on Saturday demanded a meeting with President Donald Trump to a...
Sep 20, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) accompanied by other Democratic Senators holds a press conference following a vote in the U.S. Senate on a stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown that would otherwise begin on October 1, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. U.S., September 19, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo
Trump administration places new restrictions on Harvard, citing financial concerns
BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration escalated its campaign against Harvard University on Friday, placing new restrictions on the Ivy League school's ability to access ...
Sep 20, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Harvard University merchandise stand in a window at a campus store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., September 4, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Trump says Republican Party will hold convention for midterm elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday Republicans will hold a convention for the 2026 midterm elections, as his party seeks to maintain its narrow control of Congress. Nati...
Sep 20, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Vicki Drummond announces that former U.S. President Donald Trump was elected as the party's Presidential nominee on Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 15, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
UPDATE: U.S. Senate rejects bill to avert gov't shutdown
UPDATED 1:03 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A stopgap spending bill that would avert an Oct. 1 government shutdown fell short in the U.S. Senate on Friday, as Democrats withheld support for the legislatio...
Sep 20, 2025 A view of the dome of the U.S. Capitol building, during a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on a stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown that would otherwise begin October 1, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. U.S., September 19, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
Trump to impose $100,000 fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose a new $100,000 application fee for H-1B worker visas, a White House official said, potentially dealing a big blow to the technology sector that ...
Sep 19, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he speaks with the media in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/ File Photo
Judge strikes Trump's lawsuit against New York Times over its content
(Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday struck Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times over its content, calling it a "decidedly improper" effort to attack an adversary. ...
Sep 19, 2025 The New York Times building in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/File Photo
Erika Kirk named CEO of Turning Point USA after husband's murder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The widow of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist assassinated on a college campus last week, was unanimously elected on Thursday as the new CEO of Turning Point USA, the grou...
Sep 19, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President JD Vance, his wife Usha Vance and wife of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Erika Frantzve, exit Air Force Two, which is carrying the body of Kirk, as the aircraft lands at the airport in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., September 11, 2025, one day after Kirk was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University. REUTERS/Thomas Machowicz/File Photo
