Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Alex Jones says his Sandy Hook hoax claims were “crazy” amid defamation trial
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Wednesday told a Texas jury that it was "crazy" of him to claim that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, as he defends himself in ...
Aug 03, 2022
Former U.S. Treasury secretaries back drugs, climate, tax bill
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five former U.S. Treasury secretaries - four Democrats and one Republican -- on Wednesday voiced support for a proposed $430 billion drugs, energy and tax bill, ...
Aug 03, 2022
Two Republican women – a Trump critic and a devotee – await primary results
By David Morgan and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Republican women - one a critic of Donald Trump and another an outspoken devotee of the former president - awaited election results on Wednesda...
Aug 03, 2022
Suspect in July 4 mass shooting near Chicago to be arraigned
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - An Illinois man accused of opening fire on spectators watching an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb last month was scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday on 11...
Aug 03, 2022
Giant sequoias survived a California wildfire. Next time, they may not be so lucky
By Travis Hartman, Ally Levine and Anurag Rao (Reuters) - For millennia, giant sequoias - the largest trees on Earth - have resisted and relied on fire. But today's wildfires are far more frequent and...
Aug 03, 2022
Exclusive: Missouri attorney general investigates Morningstar over ESG ratings
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has launched an investigation into whether Morningstar Inc violated a state consumer-protection law through its evaluations of environ...
Aug 03, 2022
Pro-Trump activists swamp election officials with sprawling records requests
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Pro-Trump operatives are flooding local officials with public-records requests to seek evidence for the former president's false stolen-election claims and to gather intell...
Aug 03, 2022
Biden to sign another executive order seeking to protect abortion rights
By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden plans to sign a second executive order on Wednesday meant to address the recent Supreme Court decision to end the nationwide c...
Aug 03, 2022
Trump-endorsed Masters wins Republican nomination for Arizona’s U.S. Senate race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Blake Masters, chief operating officer of Thiel Capital who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has won the Republican nomination in Arizona's U.S. Senate race, the A...
Aug 03, 2022
Trump-backed candidate Finchem wins Republican nomination for Arizona secretary of state
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mark Finchem, an Arizona state lawmaker who has embraced former President Donald Trump's false claims of voter fraud, won the Republican nomination on Wednesday for secretary of...
Aug 03, 2022
