Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
As pandemic reshuffles housing, Houston’s long growth spurt may be over: data firm
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The rush of people leaving urban areas for the suburbs because of the coronavirus may have ended one of the nation's most remarkable streaks of urban growth,...
Feb 02, 2021
U.S. automaker group calls for compromise with Biden on fuel economy rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An auto industry trade group on Tuesday proposed to start talks with the Biden administration on revised fuel economy standards that would be higher than Trump-era standards but...
Feb 02, 2021
Explainer: Is Trump’s post-presidency impeachment trial constitutional?
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The upcoming second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, focusing on a charge of inciting the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by his followers, has p...
Feb 02, 2021
Trump lawyers to file pretrial documents with U.S. Senate in preview of impeachment defense
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump faces a deadline on Tuesday to respond to the U.S. House of Representatives' impeachment charging him with inciting insurrection i...
Feb 02, 2021
‘He invited us’: Accused Capitol rioters blame Trump in novel legal defense
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Emanuel Jackson, a 20-year-old Washington area man, was caught on video using a metal bat to strike the protective shields wielded by police officers as they tried to fend off...
Feb 02, 2021
Explainer: Biden pledged to reunite migrant families separated by Trump policies. What happens now?
By Mimi Dwyer and Mica Rosenberg (Reuters) - U.S. president Joe Biden is on Tuesday expected to announce a task force to reunify families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border during the administration ...
Feb 02, 2021
Police officer killed in storming of U.S. Capitol to lie in honor in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The police officer killed when supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol last month trying to overturn the election results will lie in honor in the b...
Feb 02, 2021
Biden to issue executive orders on asylum, legal immigration, separated families
By Ted Hesson and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will order a major review of asylum processing at the U.S.-Mexico border and the legal immigration system as ...
Feb 02, 2021
Lakers’ James plays down row with spectators in win over Hawks
(Reuters) - Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James said he was happy fans are back at some NBA games amid the COVID-19 pandemic despite a bizarre altercation with supporters that led to four of them ...
Feb 02, 2021
U.S. promises undocumented migrants equal access to COVID-19 vaccines
(Reuters) - The U.S. government on Monday promised undocumented migrants the same access to COVID-19 vaccines as other civilians, and said inoculation centres would be immigration enforcement-free zon...
Feb 02, 2021
