Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. judiciary, shaped by Trump, thwarts his election challenges
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's reshaping of the federal judiciary has done little to help him win lawsuits challenging the election outcome, with Trump appointees rebuffing him...
Dec 01, 2020
Biden to present top economy advisers as pandemic threat worsens
By Jarrett Renshaw and Joseph Ax WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will formally introduce his top economic policy advisers on Tuesday as his administration prepares to take ...
Dec 01, 2020
U.S. factory activity slows as COVID-19 infections accelerate
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity slowed in November, with new orders retreating from their highest level in nearly 17 years, as a resurgence in COVID-19 cases acros...
Dec 01, 2020
Trump campaign challenges election results in Wisconsin Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump campaign said it filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging Wisconsin's results in the 2020 presidential election in the state's Supreme Court, the latest in a series of m...
Dec 01, 2020
U.S. bipartisan lawmakers propose $908 billion COVID-19 relief bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators and members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday proposed a $908 billion COVID-19 relief bill that would fund measures through March 31...
Dec 01, 2020
Pelosi, Mnuchin to speak Tuesday on COVID-19 relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi are due to speak on Tuesday, with a source familiar saying the talks will take place at 1...
Dec 01, 2020
China successfully lands spacecraft on moon to retrieve lunar rocks
BEIJING (Reuters) - China successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon's surface on Tuesday in a historic mission to retrieve lunar surface samples, Chinese state media reported. China launched its Ch...
Dec 01, 2020
First U.S. COVID-19 shots could be given 24 to 48 hours after FDA nod – health official
(Reuters) - Healthcare workers and others recommended for the first COVID-19 inoculations could start getting shots within 24 hours or at most within 36-48 hours after the vaccine receives regulatory ...
Dec 01, 2020
Biden says he hopes high court rejects Trump bid on 2020 census count
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday said he hoped the U.S. Supreme Court rejects a Trump administration bid to exclude immigrants living illegally in the United States fro...
Dec 01, 2020
Airbnb aims for up to $35 billion valuation in long-awaited IPO
By Anirban Sen, Joshua Franklin and Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) - Airbnb Inc is aiming for a valuation of nearly $35 billion in what will be the last blockbuster U.S. IPO of the year, marking a stunning r...
Dec 01, 2020
