Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. House approves $55 billion in new COVID-19 aid for restaurants, other hard-hit firms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to approve a $55 billion COVID-19 aid bill aimed at helping restaurants and other businesses that continue to s...
Apr 07, 2022
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi tests positive for COVID -spokesman
By Rami Ayyub WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic, her spokesman said on Thursday. The Democratic l...
Apr 07, 2022
U.S. Secret Service places agents on leave over gifts from phony cops
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service said on Thursday it has placed some of its personnel on administrative leave for allegedly accepting gifts including rent-free apartmen...
Apr 07, 2022
U.S. to probe Trump’s removal of White House records to Fla.-W.Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is in the early stages of an investigation of former President Donald Trump's removal of official presidential records to his Florida estate, The ...
Apr 07, 2022
Colorado State forecasts four major hurricanes for 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Forecasters at Colorado State University (CSU) said on Thursday the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to see four major hurricanes with sustained winds of at least 111 mil...
Apr 07, 2022
Senate set to confirm Jackson as first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court
By Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate was set on Thursday to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, a...
Apr 07, 2022
Massive power outage leaves a third of Puerto Rico in the dark
(Reuters) - Crews in Puerto Rico worked to restore electricity to almost a third of the island on Thursday as utility officials tried to pinpoint the exact cause of the massive outage on the Caribbean...
Apr 07, 2022
Trump said did not destroy White House call logs -W.Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump said he did not destroy records of phone calls from the official White House log or use so-called burner phones during his supporters' deadly Jan. ...
Apr 07, 2022
Jury in Michigan kidnapping case begins fourth day of deliberations
(Reuters) - A federal jury resumed deliberations for a fourth day on Thursday in the trial of four men charged with a plot to kidnap Michigan's governor, a case that highlights the political rift surr...
Apr 07, 2022
Republican registrations surge in Pennsylvania in warning sign for Democrats
By Nathan Layne and Jason Lange PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Republicans are registering formerly Democratic voters at four times the rate that Democrats are making the reverse conversion in the battlegro...
Apr 07, 2022
