Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
California Treasurer Ma calls on state’s pension funds to divest Russian assets
BOSTON (Reuters) - California Treasurer Fiona Ma on Monday said she supports divesting Russian assets from the state's big pension funds. "We need to send a very clear and unequivocal response that Ca...
Feb 28, 2022
Sarah Palin seeks new trial, judge’s disqualification in NY Times case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin asked a U.S. court on Monday for a new trial after losing her defamation case against the New York Times earlier this month, an...
Feb 28, 2022
Top U.S. Senate Republican calls on Biden for 5% increase in military spending
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday that President Joe Biden's next budget request must include at least a 5% increase in defense spending above inflati...
Feb 28, 2022
Sen. McConnell: No place in Republican Party for white supremacists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell spoke out on Monday against two U.S. Republican lawmakers who appeared at a white nationalist conference last week, making him the l...
Feb 28, 2022
Biden says Americans should not worry about nuclear war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans should not be worried about nuclear war, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday, the day after Russian President Vladimir Putin put Russia's nuclear deterrent on high...
Feb 28, 2022
In speech, Biden to shift from Build Back Better bill to 4-point economic rescue plan
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will shift emphasis away from his Build Back Better spending plan when he delivers his State of the Union address on Tuesday, focusi...
Feb 28, 2022
U.S. orders 12 Russian UN diplomats to leave by March 7 -Russian envoy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States has ordered 12 Russian diplomats at the United Nations to leave by March 7, Moscow's envoy to the international organization told reporters on Monday. (Rep...
Feb 28, 2022
California, Oregon and Washington to end school mask mandates – NY Times
(Reuters) - The governors in California, Oregon and Washington said in a joint statement on Monday their states will stop requiring masks in schools after March 11, but people must still wear a mask i...
Feb 28, 2022
‘Emerging from a darkness’: Mardi Gras revelers shed pandemic woes
By Brad Brooks NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Mark Childress wrapped his black and gold sequin-studded robe tight against a cool night wind and surveyed the thousands of revelers gathering for the city's fir...
Feb 28, 2022
U.S. sees “no reason to change” nuclear alert levels at this time -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States sees "no reason to change" its nuclear alert levels at this time, the White House said on Monday after Russian President Vladimir Putin put Russia's nuclear de...
Feb 28, 2022
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