Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Florida reports record increase in COVID-19 deaths for fourth day in a row
(Reuters) - Florida reported a record increase in new COVID-19 deaths for a fourth day in a row on Friday, with 257 fatalities in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department. Florida a...
Jul 31, 2020
Top Trump immigration enforcer announces retirement as election nears
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's top immigration enforcement official on Friday announced he will retire from the agency, a staffing shakeup in a key policy area for ...
Jul 31, 2020
Exclusive: Republicans, Democrats agree on one thing: Doubt about fair election – Reuters/Ipsos poll
By John Whitesides and Chris Kahn (Reuters) - Americans across the political spectrum have widespread concerns that November's U.S. election will be marred by fraud, interference or efforts to suppres...
Jul 31, 2020
U.S. official orders end to information gathering on journalists
(Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has ordered his agency to stop collecting information on American journalists covering protests in Portland, Oregon, after a media repo...
Jul 31, 2020
Talks on U.S. COVID-19 aid bill continue, No. 2 House Democrat says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiations over another coronavirus relief bill continue, the No. 2 Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives said as a federal jobless benefit was set to expire on Friday...
Jul 31, 2020
U.S. federal troops staying in Portland for now, Wolf says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told Fox News on Friday that federal troops would remain in Portland until he was assured that the Oregon governor's plan to ha...
Jul 31, 2020
One U.S. Marine dead, eight missing after ‘tragic incident’ off California
(Reuters) - One U.S. Marine died, two were injured and eight others were missing after a "tragic incident" off the coast of Southern California on Thursday, the U.S. Marine Corps said. Search and resc...
Jul 31, 2020
U.S. to pay $2.1 billion to Sanofi, GSK, in COVID-19 vaccine deal
By Michael Erman and Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - The U.S. government will pay $2.1 billion to Sanofi SA and GlaxoSmithKline Plc for COVID-19 vaccines to cover 50 million people and to underwrite the dr...
Jul 31, 2020
Trump planning for U.S. rollout of coronavirus vaccine falling short, officials warn
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As scientists and pharmaceutical companies work at breakneck speed to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, public health officials and senior U.S. lawma...
Jul 31, 2020
Large U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trials will exclude pregnant women for now
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - The first two COVID-19 vaccines to enter large-scale U.S. trials will not be tested in pregnant women this year, raising questions about how this vulnerable po...
Jul 31, 2020
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