Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Factbox-Four key races in Illinois, Colorado midterm primaries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Voters in Illinois and Colorado will pick candidates for the U.S. Congress and other offices in primaries on Tuesday, in another test of former President Donald Trump's influenc...
Jun 28, 2022
Ghislaine Maxwell to be sentenced on sex trafficking conviction
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell will be sentenced on Tuesday for helping the sex offender and globetrotting financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. The British soci...
Jun 28, 2022
Trump’s false election claims cast shadow over Illinois, Colorado contests
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican voters in Colorado and Illinois will weigh former President Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen presidency on Tuesday as they select candidates f...
Jun 28, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court takes aim at separation of church and state
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court has chipped away at the wall separating church and state in a series of new rulings, eroding Ame...
Jun 28, 2022
U.S. Capitol riot panel promises new evidence at surprise Tuesday hearing
By Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee plans to reveal new evidence about the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters...
Jun 28, 2022
Russia expands U.S. sanctions list to include Biden’s wife and daughter
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday expanded its U.S. 'stop-list', including in it the wife and daughter of President Joe Biden as well as other prominent figures. The step was taken "as a response t...
Jun 28, 2022
White House says companies investing $700 million to boost EV charger production
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday that companies are planning to invest more than $700 million to boost U.S. manufacturing capacity for electric vehicle (EV) ch...
Jun 28, 2022
Mexican consul en route to Texas site where migrants found dead in trailer
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said the Mexican consul was en route to the site where 42 people were found dead in a truck carrying migrants near San Antonio, Texas, M...
Jun 27, 2022
Twenty people found dead in truck in San Antonio, local media report
(Reuters) - At least 20 people were found dead inside a trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas, local media reported on Monday, citing a source close to the investigation. San Antonio's WOAI TV said the ...
Jun 27, 2022
Biden pick for immigration enforcement withdraws after long delay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ed Gonzalez, a Texas sheriff, said on Monday he had told President Joe Biden that he had withdrawn from consideration for the post of director of U.S. Immigration and Customs En...
Jun 27, 2022
