Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
SpaceX wins U.S. contract for spacecraft to send astronauts to moon: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA has awarded Elon Musk's SpaceX a contract to build a spacecraft to fly astronauts to the moon, bypassing Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc, the Wa...
Apr 16, 2021
U.S. Interior Dept revokes Trump policies, puts climate at center of decisions
(Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department on Friday sought to erase the Trump administration's pro-fossil fuels legacy from the nation's public lands by revoking a suite of policies that boosted drilli...
Apr 16, 2021
Drug companies to face first opioid trial following pandemic delays
By Nate Raymond and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Four drugmakers, including Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, will go to trial on Monday over claims they helped fuel an opioid c...
Apr 16, 2021
Biden keeps U.S. refugee cap at 15,000 rather than raise it: official
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden signed an order on Friday to keep the U.S. refugee cap at a historically low 15,000, a senior administration official said, opting against a...
Apr 16, 2021
White House expects news on lifting U.S. refugee cap later on Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House expects an announcement on increasing the U.S. cap on refugees later Friday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters. "I expect we'll have more news...
Apr 16, 2021
Liberty University sues former president Jerry Falwell Jr
By Joshua Schneyer and Aram Roston (Reuters) - Liberty University has filed a lawsuit against its former president, Jerry Falwell Jr., previously one of the most influential figures in the U.S. evange...
Apr 16, 2021
House Republicans who voted to back Trump’s false election claims lag in fundraising
By Jason Lange and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Republicans who supported former President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn his election defeat on average raised less...
Apr 16, 2021
White House says Congress should end immunity for gun manufacturers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The shooting of eight employees at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis on Thursday is evidence of an epidemic of gun violence in the United States and underscores the need for urge...
Apr 16, 2021
White House says Biden will speak on pandemic response next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on the coronavirus pandemic response next week, the White House said on Friday, as he grapples with a new surge of infections and tries ...
Apr 16, 2021
U.S. Justice Department announces first guilty plea in Capitol riots cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Friday publicly revealed its first plea agreement in the hundreds of criminal cases stemming from the deadly January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Jon Schaff...
Apr 16, 2021
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