National

A firefighter works as the Palisades Fire, one of several simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County, burns in Mandeville Canyon, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, Jan. 12, 2025. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Firefighters raced to contain the frontiers of two Los Angeles wild…

A plane makes a drop as smoke billows from the Palisades Fire at the Mandeville Canyon, in Los Angeles, California, Jan. 11, 2025. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Aircraft dropped water and fire retardant on steep hills to stem the eastward spread of the Palisades wildfire in Los Angeles on Saturday as on-…

Attorney Emil Bove looks on as President-elect Donald Trump appears remotely for a sentencing hearing in front of New York State Judge Juan Merchan in the criminal case in which he was convicted in 2024 on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, at New York Criminal Court in Manhattan in …

A house burns as powerful winds fueling devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area force people to evacuate, at the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, Jan. 8, 2025. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Raging wildfires surrounding Los Angeles spread to the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday, after five other fire…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event, at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, Sept. 25, 2024. (Reuters) — Social media company Meta Platforms on Tuesday scrapped its U.S. fact-checking program and reduced curbs on discussions ar…

Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson attend a joint session of Congress to certify Donald Trump’s election, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 6, 2025. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Congress formally certified Republican President-elect Donald Trump&…

Bourbon Street is blocked to traffic as workers start removing older models of traffic bollards, which the city started to replace, three days after a U.S. Army veteran drove his truck into the crowded French Quarter on New Year’s Day in New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 4, 2025. (Reuters) — The F…

President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, Dec. 22, 2024. NEW YORK (Reuters) — President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced on Jan. 10 in the criminal case in which he was convicted on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, but is un…

U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-LA, stands, as he is re-elected speaker of the House on the first day of the 119th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 3, 2025. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber’s top job on Fr…

A teller sorts U.S. dollar banknotes inside the cashier’s booth at a forex exchange bureau in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 16, 2024. SINGAPORE (Reuters) — The dollar was on track for its best weekly performance in over a month on Friday, underpinned by expectations of fewer Federal Reserve r…