National

Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth departs following a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Nov. 21, 2024. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, met with a lukewarm response from some Senate Repub…

President Donald Trump is interviewed by Fox and Friends co-host Pete Hegseth at the White House in Washington, D.C. on April 6, 2017. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth on Wednesday said he is not backing down even …

President Joe Biden departs from the South Lawn of the White House alongside his son Hunter Biden en route to Camp David, Washington, D.C., July 26, 2024. ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The White House said on Monday that President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter in part to protect h…

Migrants try to cross into the U.S. as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 21, 2024. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The number of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, a senior U.S. border official told Reuters, part of a months-long trend that unde…

President Joe Biden, Hunter Biden and Beau Jr. in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Nov. 29, 2024. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, who had been convicted of making false statements on a gun background check and illegally possessing a firearm …

(Reuters) — Rank-and-file attorneys in the federal government fear major budget cuts when President-elect Donald Trump assumes office and are hunting for private-sector jobs in unusually high numbers, five legal recruiters told Reuters. Each new administration sparks an exodus of political appointe…

Packets of fentanyl mostly in powder form and methamphetamine, which U.S. Customs and Border Protection say they seized from a truck crossing into Arizona from Mexico, is on display during a news conference at the Port of Nogales, Arizona, Jan. 31, 2019. (Reuters) — President-elect Donald TrumpR…

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at the National Guard of the United States General Conference in Detroit, Michigan Aug. 26, 2024. (Reuters) —  A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday dismissed an attempt to revive the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of illegally retaining classified…

Teresita Baralt, the older sister of victim Jose Menendez, speaks before Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic during a hearing over the possible release of Lyle and Erik Menendez after 35 years in prison for the shotgun murder of their parents, in a courtroom sketch in Los Angeles, California, Nov. 2…

Former President Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, D.C., in 2023. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed the federal criminal case accusing Donald Trump of attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat after prosec…