Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Trump privately discussing replacing Defense Secretary Esper after election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has privately discussed with advisers the possibility of replacing Defense Secretary Mark Esper after the November election in the wake of a number of dif...
Aug 12, 2020
Air Force helicopter hit by gunfire over Virginia, crew member injured
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A member of the crew of an Air Force helicopter was wounded after the aircraft was struck by a bullet during a flight over a suburban area of Virginia near Washington, D.C., thi...
Aug 12, 2020
Kanye West met with Kushner as rapper eyes 2020 election spot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Entertainer and Trump supporter Kanye West recently met with White House adviser and the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner, a source familiar with the meeting said on Wednesd...
Aug 12, 2020
State Department watchdog finds fault in conduct of U.S. Ambassador to Britain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to Britain Woody Johnson has made insensitive and inappropriate comments during his tenure, including about race, religion and sex, the State Department's inspec...
Aug 12, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 5,119,711 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 5,119,711 cases of coronavirus, an increase of 55,540 cases from its previous count, and said that the numbe...
Aug 12, 2020
New Jersey schools, colleges can reopen for in-person education: governor
(Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said on Wednesday he signed an executive order clearing both public and private schools, pre-K through 12th grade, and colleges and universities to reopen f...
Aug 12, 2020
Mauritius says almost all oil removed from damaged Japanese ship
By Omar Mohammed NAIROBI (Reuters) - Mauritius' Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said on Wednesday nearly all remaining oil had been removed from a damaged Japanese ship, which leaked about 1,000 tonne...
Aug 12, 2020
Syria’s Assad says new U.S. sanctions are part of drive to ‘choke’ Syrians
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Wednesday that sweeping new U.S. sanctions amounted to a new stage of economic warfare against his government and were part of Washington's l...
Aug 12, 2020
Democrats, White House ‘miles apart’ over COVID-19 aid – Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday said Democrats and the Trump administration remained far apart regarding any agreement over further economic aid amid the novel coro...
Aug 12, 2020
Russia says medics to get anti-COVID shots in two weeks, some Russians wary
By Lev Sergeev and Peter Scott MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday the first batch of the world's first COVID-19 vaccine would be rolled out within two weeks and rejected as "groundless" safet...
Aug 12, 2020
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