Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News

By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - The jury is set to hear closing arguments on Monday in the manslaughter trial of Kimberly Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wrigh...

By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hurricane-force winds that raked the U.S. Plains belt last week appeared to cause varying degrees of damage to a winter wheat crop that was already struggling wi...

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Closing arguments in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial are set to kick off on Monday, before the jury begins to weigh whether the British socialite set up teenage girls for t...

By Jeff Mason (Reuters) - Amid a new surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays, President Joe Biden is drawing criticism from health experts, who are calling for ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Monday banned its citizens from travelling to the United States without special permission, citing concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. A statement...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bid by the White House to dramatically boost electric vehicle tax credits hit a major roadblock on Sunday when a key Senate Democrat said he would not supp...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Sunday she had tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms. The Massachusetts Democrat, 72, said on Twitter she is vaccinated...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Bernie Sanders said in a CNN interview on Sunday he thinks there should still be a vote on the Build Back Better bill, despite rejection of the $1.75 trillion domestic i...

By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat who is key to President Joe Biden's hopes of passing a $1.75 trillion domestic investment bill, said on Sunday he would...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said on Sunday the easily transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus is "raging through the world" as he urged Americans to ge...