Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Judge blocks Texas governor’s order preventing transport of migrants
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Tuesday temporarily halted an executive order by Texas Governor Greg Abbott that restricts the transport of migrants through the state and authorizes...
Aug 03, 2021
Cuomo’s accusers speak of harassment, humiliation, shock and fear
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - A New York State trooper said Governor Andrew Cuomo ran his hand from her belly to her hip as she held a door open for him. An executive assistant described the governo...
Aug 03, 2021
Missouri governor pardons couple who brandished guns at protesters
(Reuters) - Missouri Governor Mike Parson said on Tuesday that he granted pardons to Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the couple who drew international attention for brandishing guns at racial justice pro...
Aug 03, 2021
Timeline: Cuomo’s fall from grace began with accusation that arose in December 2020
(Reuters) - Governor Andrew Cuomo, accused of sexually harassing multiple women in a New York attorney general's report issued on Tuesday, has had a U.S. political career spanning four decades. Here i...
Aug 03, 2021
CDC extends federal eviction moratorium for 60 days -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended a federal moratorium on evictions affecting 90 percent of the country for 60 days, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schu...
Aug 03, 2021
Factbox: What’s in the U.S. Senate’s bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate is working on a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill to update America's roads, bridges and broadband networks, clearing the ...
Aug 03, 2021
Former top U.S. prosecutor in New York took lead on Cuomo probe
By David Thomas (Reuters) - For her five-month probe of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, state Attorney General Letitia James tapped a former top federal prosecutor at one of Manhattan's white-shoe law...
Aug 03, 2021
Biden says New York Governor Cuomo should resign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo should resign in light of the findings of an investigation into sexual harassment allegations. "I th...
Aug 03, 2021
Hundreds of migrants vaccinated against coronavirus in U.S.-Mexico border city
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Health authorities in northern Mexico vaccinated hundreds of migrants living in makeshift tents a few meters from a pedestrian crossing bridge to the United States in the borde...
Aug 03, 2021
White House set to announce revised eviction moratorium -sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to announce a revised eviction moratorium on Tuesday after a prior government ban on evictions expired Saturday at midnight, two sources bri...
Aug 03, 2021
