Members of the West Virginia National Guard patrol at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril |
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Some 58% of Americans - including seven in 10 Democrats and half of Republicans - think the president should send armed troops only to face external threats, a sign of unease as Trump increasingly deploys National Guard troops to police American cities, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
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Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers gathered at an Army facility outside Chicago, as Donald Trump's threat to invoke an anti-insurrection law and deploy troops to more US cities intensified the battle over the limits to his authority. Trump keeps bringing up the Insurrection Act — this is what it is.
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Former FBI Director James Comey will appear in a federal court to face criminal charges of making false statements and obstructing a congressional investigation. Justice Department Correspondent Sarah Lynch breaks down why his case is so unusual. Listen to the Reuters World News podcast now.
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Caretaker French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu struck a cautiously optimistic tone, saying a deal could potentially be reached on the country's budget by year-end, making the possibility of a snap election less likely.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russian forces had captured almost 1,930 square miles of land in Ukraine in 2025 and that Moscow retained complete strategic initiative on the battlefield.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he wanted a trade deal with India to be implemented as soon as "humanly possible" as he began a two-day visit, joined by more than a hundred leaders from the business, culture and university sectors.
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Hamas said it had exchanged a list of the names of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be released under a swap deal and that it was optimistic about talks in Egypt on Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza.
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Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel chemistry prize for developing a new form of molecular architecture, yielding materials that can help tackle challenges such as climate change and lack of fresh water.
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Weight-loss drugs and MAHA are hammering US sugar beet farmers |
Sugar beet plants grow in Euclid, Minnesota, July 24, 2025. REUTERS/Karl Plume/File Photo |
For years, sugar beets were a lifeline for American farmers. More than half of domestically produced sugar comes from the white-fleshed root crops, and robust demand from the world’s top sugar-consuming nation has shielded growers from more volatile crops like corn, soybeans and wheat.
But not this year. A dramatic drop in US consumption and excess imports have ballooned stockpiles. Refined beet sugar prices are down 33% from a year ago, their lowest level since 2019, and a sugar supply glut is projected to last through at least 2026. |
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Gordon Ramsay at Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne |
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay goes behind the camera for a new series, "Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars", that shines the spotlight on restaurants working to attain the coveted culinary accolade. |
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