Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. has secured an indictment against three members of the far-right "Oath Keepers" militia, charging they conspired to storm the U.S. Capitol in a bid to stop Congress fro...

By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - Severe COVID-19 infections are beginning to abate in many parts of the United States even as the death toll mounts, signaling an end to the pandemic's post-holiday surg...

(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday that he has been vaccinated once against the coronavirus. Powell, 67, has received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, he told rep...

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - The family of an unarmed Black man who was shot dead by a white store owner in Cincinnati asked the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday to open a civil rights investigati...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Over one million people in the Americas have now died from complications from COVID-19, the head of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa Etienne, said on Wednesday...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he will ask the U.S. Congress to eliminate subsidies for fossil fuels on a day he signed executive actions to combat climate change. The co...

By Rebecca Spalding (Reuters) - The White House COVID-19 response team on Wednesday raised the possibility that drug manufacturers who are not making vaccines may be tapped to produce Pfizer's or Mode...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are directly engaged in building support for a $1.9 trillion economic recovery plan, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki s...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry said on Wednesday that no issues the United States has with China will be "traded" for climate. "Obviously we have ...

By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - In his first week in office, U.S. President Joe Biden has rolled out a wave of executive orders to fulfill a roster of campaign promises, underscoring just how easy it i...