Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump faces Tuesday deadline to deliver formal response to impeachment as trial looms
By Richard Cowan and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's unprecedented second impeachment trial takes shape this week, as Democrats outline their case and Trump ...
Feb 01, 2021
U.S. patients scramble for appointments for second COVID-19 vaccine dose
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - As the number of Americans ready for their second COVID-19 vaccine shot grows, some are falling through the cracks of an increasingly complex web of providers and appointm...
Feb 01, 2021
Once united in support of Biden, environmentalists and unions clash over pipelines
By Laura Sanicola and Nia Williams NEW YORK (Reuters) - Environmentalists and labor unions that threw their support behind U.S. President Joseph Biden now find themselves on the opposite sides of a ba...
Feb 01, 2021
Kushner, Berkowitz nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Israel deals
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his deputy, Avi Berkowitz, were nominated on Sunday for the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in negotiating ...
Jan 31, 2021
Major storm barreling toward New York City, 20 inches could fall on midtown
(Reuters) - New York, Boston and other cities in the northeast could be blanketed with nearly two feet (60.96 cm) of snow on Monday, as a "long duration" major winter storm headed toward the U.S. coas...
Jan 31, 2021
Chicago schools postpone in-person classes over COVID-19 safety plan
By Brendan O'Brien MONDAY (Reuters) - Chicago Public Schools on Sunday delayed the resumption of in-person classes for thousands of elementary and middle school students by at least a day as the distr...
Jan 31, 2021
Trump fundraising committee raises $30.9 million at close of 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's fundraising committee, formed after losing the November election to U.S. President Joe Biden, raised $30.9 million in the final weeks of 2020, according to a disc...
Jan 31, 2021
Trump names lawyers to lead his impeachment defense team
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's office on Sunday said trial lawyers David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor will lead Trump's legal team during his Senate impeachment trial. The a...
Jan 31, 2021
Authorities seek to boost trust, low COVID vaccination rates among Black New Yorkers
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Black New Yorkers' skepticism about vaccines developed at record speed to fight COVID-19 means they lag behind other racial groups in inoculations to fight the...
Jan 31, 2021
U.S. Republicans grapple with internal divisions as Trump trial looms
By Ted Hesson and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional Republicans face a week of reckoning ahead of Donald Trump's second impeachment trial as the former president contends with a...
Jan 31, 2021
