Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Attorneys call for Giuliani to lose law license over false claims, mob incitement
By Jan Wolfe and Caroline Spiezio (Reuters) - A group of prominent attorneys on Thursday asked New York's judiciary to suspend the law license of former President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani f...
Jan 21, 2021
Judge gives preliminary approval to $641 million Flint, Michigan, water settlement
(Reuters) - A federal judge in Michigan on Thursday gave preliminary approval to a $641 million partial settlement of lawsuits filed by victims of the Flint water crisis against the state, according t...
Jan 21, 2021
Filibuster face-off: Schumer, McConnell at loggerheads over U.S. Senate power sharing
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A standoff between new U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, and the man he replaced, Republican Mitch McConnell, over a core rule of Senate o...
Jan 21, 2021
JBS USA, Pilgrim’s Pride offer $100 to employees who get COVID-19 vaccine
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. meatpacker JBS USA and chicken company Pilgrim's Pride Corp said on Thursday they will pay $100 to U.S. employees who receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The bonus is intended to enco...
Jan 21, 2021
Nearly 38 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 17.5 million administered: U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 17,546,374 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and distributed 37,960,000 doses. T...
Jan 21, 2021
Trump hires South Carolina lawyer Bowers for impeachment defense
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump has hired South Carolina-based lawyer Butch Bowers to represent him in his Senate impeachment trial over a charge that he incited ...
Jan 21, 2021
Biden pivots away from old court battles, helps ignite new ones
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden in his short time in office already has turned the page on some major legal battles that consumed former President Donald Trump's administ...
Jan 21, 2021
Trump resort revenue sank as pandemic spread: financial disclosure
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of former President Donald Trump's most high profile hospitality assets took a revenue hit last year as COVID lockdowns hurt business, according to a fina...
Jan 21, 2021
Bernie Sanders, bundled up at Biden inauguration, goes viral in a meme
By Richard Chang NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, wrapped up in a winter coat and mittens at the presidential inauguration, is now a fashion icon for looking like he was running an er...
Jan 21, 2021
U.S. House aims for early February COVID-19 relief bill vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is planning to bring a coronavirus relief bill to a vote the first week of February, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday, as President Joe Bi...
Jan 21, 2021
