Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News

By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden faced a formidable challenge in his first State of the Union speech, after a year in office buffeted by the COVID-19 pandemic, a jitte...

(Reuters) - Greg Casar, a former Austin city councillor, has won the Democratic primary in a central Texas district, AP said on Tuesday, in a victory for the progressive wing of the Democratic party. ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As U.S. President Joe Biden spoke about the need to support Ukrainians in their fight against the Russian invasion of their country, lawmakers and officials also showed their su...

(Reuters) - Rochelle Garza will be one of two candidates in the run-off of the Democratic Party's Attorney general primary in Texas, CNN projected on Tuesday. It is too early to call who she will face...

(Reuters) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces a run-off in the Republican Party primary and it is too early to call who the second candidate will be, CNN projected on Tuesday. Paxton, who launch...

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday said his administration has launched a new initiative that will allow Americans to get tested for COVID-19 at a pharmacy and immed...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will announce on Wednesday a National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan mapping out how "to move forward safely and get back to our more normal routines," the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Incumbent Texas Governor Greg Abbott, the state's two-term governor who was endorsed by President Donald Trump but drew challengers who contended he was not tough enough on ille...

(Reuters) - Former U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke, whose 2018 Senate campaign against Republican Senator Ted Cruz ended with a narrow loss and who briefly ran for president in 2020, will win the De...

By Ernest Scheyder and Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - The U.S. nuclear power industry is lobbying the White House to allow uranium imports from Russia to continue despite the escalating conflict in Ukra...