Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. citizen killed in combat in Ukraine – obituary, State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen was killed in combat in Ukraine last month, according to an obituary and the State Department, after he joined thousands of foreign fighters who have volunteered ...
Jun 20, 2022
Elon Musk’s child seeks name change to sever ties with father
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's transgender daughter has filed a request to change her name in accordance with her new gender identity and because "I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological...
Jun 20, 2022
Tesla sued by former employees over ‘mass layoff’
By Akriti Sharma and Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) - Former Tesla Inc employees have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. electric car company alleging its decision to carry out a "mass layoff" violated federal l...
Jun 20, 2022
Senate candidate Greitens draws criticism for ad showing him hunting fellow Republicans
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Republican Eric Greitens, who is seeking a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri, released a campaign ad on Monday depicting him and a group of armed men going hunting for "RINOS," or ...
Jun 20, 2022
Kremlin says American basketball player Griner broke law, faces prosecution – RIA
(Reuters) - American basketball player Brittney Griner who has been detained in Russia faces criminal prosecution, Russia's state RIA news agency cited the Kremlin's spokesperson as saying on Monday. ...
Jun 20, 2022
Biden says decision on pause on federal gasoline tax could come by end of week
By Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that a decision on whether to pause a federal gasoline tax could come by the end of this week...
Jun 20, 2022
Texas Republicans declare Biden election illegitimate, despite evidence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in Texas formally rejected President Joe Biden's election in 2020 as illegitimate and voted in a state-wide convention that wrapped up this weekend on a party platfo...
Jun 19, 2022
Jan. 6 panel to implicate Trump in fake elector plot, Schiff says
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House panel investigating the January 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol will present evidence this week that former President Donald Trump was involved ...
Jun 19, 2022
No deal to end gun violence, U.S. Republican lawmaker says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers remain far apart on the most important gun safety issues now under debate in Congress, a Republican senator said Sunday, casting doubts on hopes that the United States...
Jun 19, 2022
U.S. mulling pausing federal gas tax as option to cut prices, energy secretary says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Sunday that the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden was evaluating a pause on federal gas tax as one of the options to bri...
Jun 19, 2022
