Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
U.S. to carry out first federal execution of a woman in seven decades
By Brendan O'Brien WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it has scheduled the first federal execution of a woman in almost 70 years, setting a Dec. 8 date to put to death L...
Oct 16, 2020
U.S. judge denies request to exempt Catholic churches from New York coronavirus limits
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday rejected a request from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn to void New York state's limits on religious gatherings in coronavirus hot spots, which th...
Oct 16, 2020
Pelosi says she will probably talk to Mnuchin on coronavirus relief Sunday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that she would probably talk to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin over the weekend for the latest round of negotiations on coronav...
Oct 16, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to exclude illegal immigrants from representation
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear oral arguments over President Donald Trump's effort to exclude illegal immigrants from the po...
Oct 16, 2020
U.S. Attorney General Barr says expects report on police reforms soon, despite court order
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr expressed confidence on Friday that the Trump administration's law enforcement commission will publish its report on police ...
Oct 16, 2020
COVID-19 cases surge in Wisconsin, Trump to campaign there
By Brendan O'Brien and Maria Caspani CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two weeks ago, Mark Schultz was getting ready to go to work at the tavern he owns in the Wisconsin city of Oshkosh when he started to feel swea...
Oct 16, 2020
U.S. Treasury urged PPP lenders to focus on existing customers: Congress report
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department encouraged banks to prioritize existing customers when dishing out Paycheck Protection Program pandemic loans, disadvantaging smal...
Oct 16, 2020
Deposition of U.S. Homeland Security whistleblower unlikely before election, lawyer says
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A whistleblower and former official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, who alleges he was pressured to stop providing assessments of Russian electora...
Oct 16, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 216,917 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 7,958,254 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 63,486 from its previous count, and said that the number...
Oct 16, 2020
U.S. 2020 fiscal year deficit hits record $3.132 trillion: Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. budget deficit hit a record $3.132 trillion during fiscal 2020, more than triple the 2019 shortfall, as a result of massive coronavirus rescue spending, the U.S. Treasu...
Oct 16, 2020
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