Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Special Report: Pro-Trump news site targets election workers, inspiring wave of menace
By Peter Eisler and Jason Szep (Reuters) - The story had a bombshell headline: "Thousands of fake votes" had been discovered in Madison, Wisconsin, two weeks after Democrat Joe Biden narrowly beat the...
Dec 03, 2021
U.S. government could miss payments as soon as Dec. 21 -think tank
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government could start missing payments on its bills as soon as Dec. 21 if Congress fails to raise a legal limit on public borrowing, the Bipartisan Poli...
Dec 03, 2021
Facebook’s struggle with Gateway Pundit highlights challenge of containing disinformation
By Peter Eisler (Reuters) - The Gateway Pundit, a far-right news site, has used its Facebook page - with more than 630,000 followers - to post bogus stories alleging the 2020 election was stolen from ...
Dec 03, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers to grill ex-Epstein employee who testified about underage girls
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell's defense attorneys on Friday were expected to challenge the account of a former Jeffrey Epstein employee who testified that he drove two girls who he believed a...
Dec 03, 2021
Bill to fund U.S. government, avert shutdown, heads to final passage in Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to fund the U.S. government through mid-February won the support of enough members of the Senate to win passage and prevent a partial shutdown of federal agencies at the ...
Dec 02, 2021
Biden presides over National Christmas Tree Lighting at start of holiday season
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife Jill participated in the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony outside the White House on Thursday, helping to usher in t...
Dec 02, 2021
U.S. Justice Department probes sexual harassment claims against Andrew Cuomo
By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating sexual harassment claims made against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, according to a document made availab...
Dec 02, 2021
U.S. confirms Sullenberger to international aviation post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed C. B. "Sully" Sullenberger to be the U.S. representative on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United...
Dec 02, 2021
New U.S. COVID-19 international travel testing rules take effect Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. rules requiring international air travelers to obtain a negative COVID-19 test within one day of travel will take effect Monday at 12:01 a.m. ET (0501 GMT), sources bri...
Dec 02, 2021
U.S. newsrooms wrestle with how best to reflect the communities they cover
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - U.S. news organizations that grappled with issues of race and bias in their coverage after the killing of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 have had ...
Dec 02, 2021
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