Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. prepares for summer air travel spike; weighs foreign changes
By David Shepardson ARLINGTON, Va. (Reuters) - U.S. agencies are preparing for increased domestic air travel this summer even as government agencies continue to debate whether to allow more foreign tr...
May 25, 2021
Biden’s ATF nominee to face grilling over lobbying for gun controls
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gun control advocate and federal law enforcement veteran David Chipman is no stranger on Capitol Hill, where he has previously urged the U.S. Congress to ban a...
May 25, 2021
As many as 30 gunshots heard at intersection where George Floyd died – AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Multiple gunshots were heard on Tuesday at the Minneapolis intersection where George Floyd died, sending bystanders at the site on the one year anniversary of his death scrambli...
May 25, 2021
Senator Capito says Republicans plan new U.S. infrastructure offer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Shelley Capito said on Tuesday that Republicans plan to unveil on Thursday a new counteroffer to President Joe Biden's $1.7 trillion infrastructure proposal. Her Re...
May 25, 2021
Dylann Roof appeals death sentence for South Carolina church massacre
(Reuters) - Lawyers for Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who killed nine Black people at a South Carolina church in 2015, argued on Tuesday in court to overturn his conviction and sentence because h...
May 25, 2021
Olympics-Biden administration stands by Tokyo Games as COVID surges
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Tuesday reaffirmed its support for Tokyo's plan to hold the Olympic Games this summer and for U.S. athletes c...
May 25, 2021
Sport renews commitment to social justice on Floyd death anniversary
(Reuters) - Athletes and U.S. sporting bodies renewed their commitment to the fight for social change and racial justice on Tuesday, the first anniversary of the death of George Floyd, a Black man kil...
May 25, 2021
Top U.S. House Republican blasts Taylor Greene over Holocaust remarks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy denounced fellow Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday for comparing the wearing of COVID-19 masks to the Holocaust, a rare in...
May 25, 2021
U.S. closes in on 50% adult vaccination rate as COVID cases ebb
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than half of all American adults have been vaccinated against COVID-19, the White House said, roughly six weeks before U.S. President Biden's July 4 goal of a 70% inoculati...
May 25, 2021
U.S. Treasury domestic finance nominee pledges to ensure resilient debt market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration's nominee to head domestic finance operations at the U.S. Treasury said on Tuesday it is critical to ensure that the Treasury debt market operates well ...
May 25, 2021
