Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Biden’s choice for U.S. homeland security chief pledges to confront ‘domestic extremism’
By Mica Rosenberg and Kristina Cooke NEW YORK (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, said on Tuesday he would empower int...
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. sets COVID-19 death record for third week, hospitalizations fall
(Reuters) - The United States lost more than 23,000 lives to COVID-19 last week, setting a record for the third week in a row, though the number of new infections and the number of patients in hospita...
Jan 19, 2021
Oath Keepers militia members arrested for role in U.S. Capitol siege
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Virginia man with an apparent leadership role in the far-right militia group known as the "Oath Keepers" was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly "planning and ...
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. Senate leader McConnell says Trump ‘provoked’ Jan. 6 riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, said in a speech on the Senate floor on Tuesday that President Donald Trump "provoked" the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol....
Jan 19, 2021
Two National Guard pulled from inauguration duty after vetting: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two members of the National Guard have been pulled from duties related to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden following vetting for links to extremist movements, two U...
Jan 19, 2021
Explainer: How Biden could use his whole government to take on climate change
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Incoming U.S. President Joe Biden has promised an "all-of-government" approach to fight climate change that would require federal agencies from the Defense ...
Jan 19, 2021
In parting shot, Trump administration declares China’s repression of Uighurs ‘genocide’
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has determined that China has committed "genocide and crimes against humanity" in its repression of Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang regi...
Jan 19, 2021
Bells and candlelight to honor 400,000 COVID dead on eve of U.S. presidential handover
By Susan Heavey and Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hours before they are set to take the helm of a country in crisis, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris pla...
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. judge rejects ‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli’s bid for compassionate release from prison
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge rejected former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli's request to be freed from prison, rejecting his claim that his deteriorating mental he...
Jan 19, 2021
Trump fraud claims open Republican rift in Texas and other red states
By Brad Brooks and Gabriella Borter LEVELLAND, Texas (Reuters) - Pat Cowan, a Republican official in west Texas, would rather blow up her party than see it controlled by "weak" Republicans who increas...
Jan 19, 2021
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