Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
CBO to release full cost estimate for ‘Build Back Better’ plan by Nov. 19
(Reuters) -The Congressional Budget Office said it anticipates publishing a complete cost estimate for U.S. President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" plan by Friday, Nov. 19. The $1.75 trillion propos...
Nov 15, 2021
Judge rejects Nikola founder’s bid to dismiss or move U.S. criminal fraud case
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday refused to dismiss a federal indictment charging Nikola Corp's billionaire founder Trevor Milton with defrauding investors about the ele...
Nov 15, 2021
Highlight: Key moments from closing arguments in Rittenhouse murder trial
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - Closing arguments that began on Monday capped nearly two weeks of at times tense court proceedings in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse https://www.reuters.com/world/us/jury-deci...
Nov 15, 2021
Conspiracy theorist Jones found guilty by default in U.S. school shooting defamation lawsuits -NYT
(Reuters) - A court in Connecticut granted a legal victory to the families of victims of a 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School by ruling that Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist, was guil...
Nov 15, 2021
U.S. judge to question more than 230 potential jurors for Ghislaine Maxwell trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The judge overseeing the trial in New York of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell on charges of sexual abuse said on Monday she plans to question 231 potential jurors...
Nov 15, 2021
Defense lawyer in Ahmaud Arbery murder trial seeks to have Jesse Jackson removed from court
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) -A lawyer for one of the three white men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, in their southern Georgia neighborhood failed in an attempt to have the judge re...
Nov 15, 2021
U.S. watchdog forecasts NASA will not launch human moon mission in 2025
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A watchdog report on Monday said NASA is not expected to be able to launch a crewed Moon landing mission in 2025 and raised questions about the project's costs. Last week, NASA ...
Nov 15, 2021
Judge dismisses charge against U.S. teen Rittenhouse for possessing rifle
KENOSHA, Wis (Reuters) - A Wisconsin judge in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse on Monday dismissed a misdemeanor charge against the U.S. teenager for illegally possessing the AR-15-style rifle he ...
Nov 15, 2021
Democratic U.S. Senator Leahy says he will not seek re-election in 2022
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy on Monday said he will not seek re-election next year, opening up another seat that Democrats will need to aggressively defend if they are ...
Nov 15, 2021
U.S. ex-congressman Beto O’Rourke to challenge Texas Governor Abbott
(Reuters) -Beto O'Rourke, the former U.S. congressman from Texas whose surprisingly close 2018 loss to Senator Ted Cruz made him a Democratic star, said on Monday he will challenge Republican Greg Abb...
Nov 15, 2021
