Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump order could spark mass firings of civil servants before inauguration, lawmakers warn
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government civil servants could face mass firings under an executive order before President Donald Trump leaves office, and Democratic lawmakers, watchdog ...
Nov 25, 2020
Trump pardons former adviser Flynn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the investigation into Rus...
Nov 25, 2020
Stock trades by Senator Perdue said to have prompted DoJ Inquiry – NYT
(Reuters) - Republican Senator David Perdue's stock trades in financial firm Cardlytics Inc earlier in 2020 prompted a Justice Department inquiry that has since been shut without charges, the New York...
Nov 25, 2020
Biden will struggle to cut defense spending despite pressure
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will come under immense pressure from progressives in the Democratic party to cut the defense budget once he takes office in January. But...
Nov 25, 2020
U.S. grants ByteDance new seven-day extension of TikTok sale order – filing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday granted ByteDance a new seven-day extension of a divestiture order that had directed the Chinese company to sell its TikTok short video-sha...
Nov 25, 2020
Tesla’s upcoming S&P 500 debut fuels ‘crazy’ trading volume
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - If you traded a stock in the past week, there's a fair chance it was Tesla. Shares in the electric car maker led by CEO Elon Musk rose almost 3% on Wednesday and have now...
Nov 25, 2020
No benefit seen from plasma treatment in severe COVID-19; virus may hurt male fertility
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Nov 25, 2020
Biden urged to extend U.S.-Russia arms treaty for full 5 years without conditions
By Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arms control advocates are urging Joe Biden to extend the last U.S.-Russian treaty limiting deployed strategic nuclear arms for five years...
Nov 25, 2020
State Department tells staff: transition to Biden administration has begun
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has informed staff that the transition process has begun and a team had been assigned inside the agency to support a handover to the i...
Nov 25, 2020
SpaceX to press ahead with Starlink tests, delays commercial service
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SpaceX will continue beta testing its satellite-based broadband service Starlink into next year, the company said late Tuesday, indicating commercial service wo...
Nov 25, 2020
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