Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden approval drops to lowest level this year after Taliban takeover
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's approval rating dropped by 7 percentage points and hit its lowest level so far as the U.S.-backed Afghan government collapsed over the weekend in an upheav...
Aug 17, 2021
NRA’s ‘unabated’ corruption justifies shutting it down, New York says
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Rifle Association has failed to root out rampant internal corruption, even after a bankruptcy case designed to avoid that obligation was thrown ou...
Aug 17, 2021
Houston, besieged by COVID patients, offering $100 to those who take vaccine
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Officials in the Houston metropolitan area on Tuesday said they would pay $100 to any person receiving a first dose of a COVID vaccine, as hospitals in the area are expected...
Aug 17, 2021
Biden’s vow to airlift Afghan allies meets ticking clock, risky rescue
By Idrees Ali, Ted Hesson and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's pledge to evacuate thousands more at-risk Afghans who worked for the U.S. government will run into the cold r...
Aug 17, 2021
Human remains found in landing gear of military flight from Kabul, says U.S. Air Force
(Corrects 2nd paragraph; Air Force has revised its statement to reflect that the incident occurred on Monday, not Sunday.) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force said on Tuesday that it was investi...
Aug 17, 2021
U.S. has completed draw down of Kabul diplomats, remaining staff will aid with ongoing evacuation
(Reuters) - U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Tuesday the United States had completed a draw down of embassy personnel from the Afghan capital of Kabul and those diplomatic personne...
Aug 17, 2021
U.S. lawmakers set hearing to probe events in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. Congress, including many of President Joe Biden's fellow Democrats, said on Tuesday they were increasingly frustrated with events in Afghanistan, and they vo...
Aug 17, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. plans to extend transportation mask mandate through Jan. 18, sources say
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration plans to extend requirements for travelers to wear masks on airplanes, trains and buses and at airports and train statio...
Aug 17, 2021
Lawsuit alleges Wisconsin authorities’ conspiracy with racists led to Kyle Rittenhouse killings
(Reuters) - The family of a man fatally shot by U.S. teenager Kyle Rittenhouse during racial justice protests in Wisconsin last August filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the city of Kenosha and local ...
Aug 17, 2021
U.S. Senator Cornyn deletes erroneous Taiwan tweet blasted by Chinese media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator John Cornyn has deleted a tweet in which he said wrongly that the United States currently has 30,000 troops stationed in Chinese-claimed Taiwan, a claim ...
Aug 17, 2021
