Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Ex-U.S. Justice official declines to testify about his advice to Trump on election
By Sarah N. Lynch and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former top Justice Department official Jeffrey Bossert Clark on Friday declined to testify before a U.S. House of Representatives panel seeking t...
Nov 05, 2021
U.S. warning international travelers of ‘long lines’ Monday -official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is preparing for long lines and delays on Monday as the White House lifts restrictions on international travel for fully vaccinated foreign nationals, a senior...
Nov 05, 2021
Underage son of Virginia governor-elect tried to vote, Washington Post reports
(Reuters) - The underage son of Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin tried to vote in Tuesday's election and then tried a second time to cast a ballot even after being told he was ineligible, the Wa...
Nov 05, 2021
Pelosi says she hopes to pass infrastructure bill Friday, social policy bill by Thanksgiving
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she hopes to pass President Joe Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure bill and the rule for his social policy and climate change legislation on...
Nov 05, 2021
‘Would that I had the magic wand’- U.S. energy chief on oil output
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday suggested that the Biden administration has little power to push the country's oil producers to boost output...
Nov 05, 2021
U.S. authorizes more batches of J&J COVID-19 vaccine made at Emergent
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it had authorized the use of two more batches of Johnson & Johnson's one-dose COVID-19 vaccine manufactured at the problem-plagued Balt...
Nov 05, 2021
U.S. administers 428 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 428,006,540 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 531,287,645 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Nov 05, 2021
Barclays subpoenaed by U.S. Virgin Islands over Epstein ties
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Virgin Islands has asked British bank Barclays to hand over information related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the bank said on Friday. Barclays rece...
Nov 05, 2021
U.S. working to secure doses of new COVID pills – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is working to secure millions of doses of new Pfizer and Merck pills intended to prevent severe illness from COVID-19, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-P...
Nov 05, 2021
Husband of U.S. transportation secretary says infant son out of hospital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, said on Friday that the couple's infant son Gus had been released from the hospital and had been ...
Nov 05, 2021
