Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump uses impeachment response to vent about election defeat
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday found a new outlet to air his unfounded claims about voter fraud, using his legal response to impeachment charges again...
Feb 02, 2021
U.S. Senate confirms Buttigieg to head Transportation Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pete Buttigieg, a former mayor who challenged Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday on a 86-13 vote to head the ...
Feb 02, 2021
White House to boost COVID-19 vaccine to states: New York governor
(Reuters) - The White House has indicated it would boost the federal government's planned increase in the supply of COVID-19 vaccine to states to 20 percent from 16 percent, New York Governor Andrew C...
Feb 02, 2021
White House plans to send vaccine doses to retail pharmacies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will launch a new program making coronavirus vaccines available to retail pharmacies starting on Feb 11, a top aide said on Tuesday. White House COVID-19 respons...
Feb 02, 2021
Groundhog predicts more winter for a country that just got a dose of it
(Reuters) - Pennsylvania's famous groundhog emerged from his tree stump on Tuesday to predict another six weeks of winter, just as the northeastern United States got blanketed with its second day of s...
Feb 02, 2021
Two FBI agents killed in early-morning raid in Sunrise, Florida
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two FBI agents were killed and another three were wounded during an early morning raid on Tuesday at a Sunrise, Florida home as they were executing a court-ordered search warrant...
Feb 02, 2021
Super Bowl organizers, officials grapple with COVID-19 threat
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - Fans descending on Tampa, Florida, for Sunday's Super Bowl will be met with strict warnings to mask up and practice social distancing, as the threat of COVID-19 hangs over t...
Feb 02, 2021
U.S. impeachment managers argue Trump pointed mob ‘like a loaded cannon’ toward Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Democrats who will prosecute former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on charges of inciting insurrection will argue that he pointed a...
Feb 02, 2021
U.S. House Democrats ready first stop toward $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill
By David Morgan and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives prepared to take the first step forward on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief ...
Feb 02, 2021
‘Patriot Party’ Trump supporter groups grow rapidly on Facebook: study
By Katie Paul PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Far-right backers of Donald Trump are drumming up support on social media for the idea of a "Patriot Party," using references to militia groups and promoting a mix ...
Feb 02, 2021
