Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden follows in recent presidential footsteps with Super Bowl interview
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. President Joe Biden appears for a CBS interview this Super Bowl Sunday, he will be following a recent White House tradition of using the country's mos...
Feb 03, 2021
Pentagon, stumped by extremism in ranks, orders stand-down in next 60 days
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Wednesday acknowledged it was unsure about how to address white nationalism and other extremism in its ranks, and announced p...
Feb 03, 2021
U.S. community health centers say they have given more vaccines than government data show
By Rebecca Spalding (Reuters) - Some U.S. community health centers say they are doling out COVID-19 shots far faster than government data suggests, likely accounting for some of a gap between how stat...
Feb 03, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. mulls using law designed to prosecute Mafia against Capitol rioters
By Mark Hosenball and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is considering whether to charge members of far-right groups involved in the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the Capit...
Feb 03, 2021
Biden to speak broadly on foreign policy in State Department visit: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will speak broadly about foreign policy when he visits the State Department on Thursday, but will not offer specifics on policy, White House spokeswoman...
Feb 03, 2021
Officer who died after storming of U.S. Capitol lies in honor
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers, the Washington mayor and police officers filed beneath the soaring U.S. Capitol dome on Wednesday to pay tribute to Brian Sicknick, the Capitol P...
Feb 03, 2021
Trump impeachment lawyer says would be ‘idiotic,’ ‘insane’ to rehash election fraud claims
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - A lawyer for Donald Trump on Wednesday said it would be "idiotic" and "insane" to dispute the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election during his Senate impeachment trial,...
Feb 03, 2021
U.S. COVID Task Force says new cases on decline but variants pose threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations appear to be on a downward trajectory in the United States as the Biden administration remains confident that it can hit its target of 10...
Feb 03, 2021
U.S. panel votes to advance nomination of Raimondo to head Commerce Department
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's nominee to head the U.S. Commerce Department moved closer to confirmation on Wednesday after winning approval by the U.S. Senate Commer...
Feb 03, 2021
U.S. drops lawsuit against Yale over admissions practices
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit accusing Yale University of having illegally discriminated against Asian and white applicants in undergraduate...
Feb 03, 2021
