Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. House set to vote on commission to probe deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday is expected to approve creating a 10-member commission to probe the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, testing Republica...
May 19, 2021
U.S. envoy Kerry urges to climate laggards to commit to 1.5C goal
DUBLIN (Reuters) - U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Wednesday urged countries that have not yet set how they plan to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, particularly those in Asia, to join th...
May 19, 2021
Black contender wins Pittsburgh mayoral primary as incumbent concedes
(Reuters) - Pittsburgh has taken a step towards electing its first Black mayor as Ed Gainey won the Democratic primary election for the post after incumbent Bill Peduta conceded. Gainey, whose campaig...
May 19, 2021
Southern Baptist official and Trump critic Russell Moore to leave his post
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A senior official in the Southern Baptist Convention who had criticised former U.S. President Donald Trump is leaving his post with the influential evangelical organisati...
May 19, 2021
New York state mounts criminal probe of Trump Organization finances
By Noeleen Walder and Jan Wolfe NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York attorney general's office said on Tuesday it has now opened a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump's company, inc...
May 19, 2021
New York state probe of Trump Organization is now criminal -attorney general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The New York state attorney general's office said on Tuesday it has told the Trump Organization its investigation of the company run by former President Donald Trump is now a cr...
May 18, 2021
Texas bars mask mandates for schools, defying latest CDC guidance
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday ordered all public school districts in his state to lift mask-wearing requirements next month, contradicting the latest student-safety...
May 18, 2021
In Michigan, Arab Americans courted by Biden angered by his Gaza policy
By Joseph White DEARBORN, Mich. (Reuters) - When Joe Biden returned on Tuesday to one of the battleground states that handed him the presidential election, he was met with rage over how his administra...
May 18, 2021
Senate Republicans don’t offer Biden aides new infrastructure plan
By Susan Cornwell and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican lawmakers met on Tuesday with top officials from President Joe Biden's administration to seek common ground on an infrastructu...
May 18, 2021
Republicans slam Biden administration on report of Nord Stream sanctions waivers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday slammed the Biden administration over a media report that it will waive sanctions on the company behind Russia's Nord Stream 2 natural gas p...
May 18, 2021
