Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
McConnell says he cannot support Jackson for U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday he cannot support the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. McConnell made the statement on th...
Mar 24, 2022
Arizona, Oklahoma legislatures pass transgender sports bans
By Maria Caspani (Reuters) - Arizona and Oklahoma passed bills on Thursday that would ban transgender youth from participating in girls' sports, the latest in a flurry of state legislation passed by R...
Mar 24, 2022
Biden says he would be lucky if Trump ran again
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he would be lucky if his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, made another bid for the White House in the 2024 presidential election. A ...
Mar 24, 2022
U.S. House panel probing Capitol riot moves toward contempt charge against Navarro, Scavino
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol said on Thursday it was moving toward holding Peter Navarro, a director of trade policy ...
Mar 24, 2022
Donald Trump sues Hillary Clinton, others over Russian collusion allegations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Thursday sued Hillary Clinton and several other Democrats, alleging they tried to rig the 2016 U.S. presidential election by tying his campaign to Russia. "Actin...
Mar 24, 2022
NYC Mayor Adams to lift vaccine mandate for pro athletes, performers
(Reuters) - New York Mayor Eric Adams was expected to lift the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for professional athletes and performers on Thursday, allowing unvaccinated Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irvi...
Mar 24, 2022
Lawsuit seeks to block ‘insurrectionist’ Marjorie Taylor Greene from reelection bid
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Georgia voters on Thursday asked state officials to block Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for reelection, alleging she...
Mar 24, 2022
Washington subway system set to begin slowly resuming suspended rail car use
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington subway system said on Thursday that it plans to begin the gradual resumption of running trains that have been suspended since a derailment in October. A safety co...
Mar 24, 2022
U.S. Senate majority leader says Senate on track to confirm Jackson to Supreme Court before April break
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is on track to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court before its expected break for Easter on April 8, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sai...
Mar 24, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court backs condemned murderer’s religious request
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Texas must grant a convicted murderer on death row his request to have his Christian pastor lay hands on him and audibly pray during his execu...
Mar 24, 2022
