Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Ex-Giuliani associate deserves 6-8 years for campaign finance violation – prosecutors
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lev Parnas, a onetime associate of Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, should serve between six and eight years in prison for violating U.S. campaign...
Jun 22, 2022
Top U.S. diplomat speaks with wife of WNBA star Griner, official says
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a telephone conversation on Wednesday with the wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been detained in Russia since February, a senior State...
Jun 22, 2022
U.S. Justice Dept delivers subpoenas in Trump fake electors probe, reports say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal agents delivered grand jury subpoenas on Wednesday to multiple people as part of a probe into efforts by ex-President Donald Trump and his supporters to overturn th...
Jun 22, 2022
U.S. expanding monkeypox testing capacity as cases rise
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration announced on Wednesday it is expanding monkeypox testing capacity to five commercial laboratory companies amid rising cases. As of Tu...
Jun 22, 2022
Basketball-Rights groups call on Biden to negotiate for Griner’s release
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - A coalition of human rights groups on Wednesday called on U.S. President Joe Biden to "make a deal" to secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner who has been detained...
Jun 22, 2022
Senegal’s opposition supporters bang pots and pans in noisy protest
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese honked car horns and banged on pots and pans in the capital Dakar on Wednesday evening in the latest protest organised by the political opposition ahead of legislative ele...
Jun 22, 2022
Biden approval falls fourth straight week, tying record low – Reuters/Ipsos
By Rose Horowitch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's public approval rating fell for a fourth straight week to 36% matching its lowest level last seen in late May, according to a Reuter...
Jun 22, 2022
Trump fundraiser Barrack loses bid to dismiss UAE lobbying charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A billionaire fundraiser for former U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday lost a bid to dismiss criminal charges he lobbied the U.S. government on behalf of the United Arab Emi...
Jun 22, 2022
An early look at June U.S. jobs data suggests pickup, not slump
(Reuters) - An early look at the state of the U.S. job market in June from payroll provider UKG suggests some strengthening, even as the Federal Reserve lifts interest rates sharply and economists rai...
Jun 22, 2022
Nearly 1 in 5 adults who had COVID have lingering symptoms – U.S. study
(Reuters) - Nearly 1 in 5 American adults who reported having COVID-19 in the past are still having symptoms of long COVID, according to survey data collected in the first two weeks of June, U.S. heal...
Jun 22, 2022
