Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump ally in Pennsylvania pushes for Arizona-style audit of 2020 election
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania Republican lawmaker who is an ally of former President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would try to launch a probe of the 2020 election in the battleground...
Jul 07, 2021
Minneapolis Fed to require COVID-19 vaccinations for staff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis will require all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of August in preparation for the bank's return to more in-p...
Jul 07, 2021
U.S. administers 331.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 331,651,464 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Those figures ar...
Jul 07, 2021
Biden to host Jordan’s King Abdullah July 19: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will host King Abdullah of Jordan at the White House on July 19, the White House said on Wednesday. Biden reaffirmed strong U.S. support for the monarch...
Jul 07, 2021
Industry groups, lawmakers press White House to lift U.S. travel restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition of 24 industry organizations on Wednesday urged the White House to lift restrictions that bar much of the world from traveling to the United States. The groups led b...
Jul 07, 2021
Pharmacy exec in deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak gets stiffer, 14-1/2 year prison term
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A founder of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy whose mold-tainted drugs sparked a deadly U.S. fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012 was resentenced on Wednesday to 1...
Jul 07, 2021
Judge finds U.S. government 60% responsible in 2017 Texas church mass shooting
(Reuters) - A federal judge found the U.S. government 60% responsible for harm caused to victims of a 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church where 26 people died. U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez ru...
Jul 07, 2021
Olympics-White House says worthwhile to review rules after Richardson ban
(Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday said it may be worthwhile to review anti-doping rules in sport after American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson tested positive for cannabis use. USA Track & Field...
Jul 07, 2021
Biden visits Illinois college to push investment as tax battle builds
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will make the case for spending trillions of dollars on U.S. infrastructure, paid for by higher taxes on corporations, at an Illinois com...
Jul 07, 2021
Gates Foundation says co-chair Melinda could leave after two years
(Reuters) - The Gates Foundation said on Wednesday co-chair Melinda French Gates could leave the charitable foundation after two years if either she or billionaire Bill Gates decide they cannot contin...
Jul 07, 2021
