Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that talks aimed at reaching agreement on bipartisan gun legislation are making good progress and pledged quick Senate...

(Reuters) - One of three inmates who escaped a Missouri jail last week by cutting holes in the plaster ceiling of their cells has been captured nearly 1,000 miles (1,610 km) away in Wyoming, a county ...

(Reuters) - La Nia conditions will likely continue through the northern hemisphere summer, but the odds for the weather pattern prevailing between August and October have decreased, to about 58%, a U....

(Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has been working for almost a year, interviewing witnesses and amass...

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A rare bipartisan effort in the U.S. Senate to agree on legislation to address a wave of mass shootings could reach a watershed moment on Thursday as lawmakers d...

By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The congressional hearings on the 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump supporters will spotlight testimony by the former presi...

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Lisandra Paraguassu and Humeyra Pamuk LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday will lay out a pitch to leaders from the Americas for an environmentally-friendl...

By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - U.S. renewable energy developers have delayed or scrapped several big battery projects meant to store electrical power on the grid in recent months, scuttling plans to rep...

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jarrett Renshaw Los Angeles (Reuters) - U.S President Joe Biden on Wednesday blamed the lack of any progress on gun safety on intimidation by the gun lobby, and he called on vo...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden intends to nominate Doug McKalip, a veteran agricultural and trade policy expert, to be the U.S. Trade Representative's next chief agricultural trade ne...